tankard
pronunciation
How to pronounce tankard in British English:
UK [ˈtæŋkəd]
How to pronounce tankard in American English:
US [ ˈtæŋkərd]
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- Noun:
- large drinking vessel with one handle
Word Origin
- tankard (n.)
- late 14c., "large tub-like vessel," corresponding to Middle Dutch tanckaert, meaning the same thing, but both of unknown origin. A guess hazarded in OED is that it is a transposition of *kantard, from Latin cantharus. Klein suggests French tant quart "as much as a quarter." "The notion that the word is from tank 1 + -ard is wholly untenable" [Century Dictionary]. Meaning "drinking vessel" is first recorded late 15c.
Example
- 1. Mormont handed him a tankard .
- 2. Doctor who 4 tom baker toby jug character tankard .
- 3. Sir , before we go , where would you like your giant gold tankard filled with beer ?
- 4. " There are certain challenges for a foreign producer to get involved in in a heavy way , " mr tankard said .
- 5. Australian feminist advocate melinda tankard reist said she was disgusted with the idea of the sale of sex from men to women .