/ ˈhænsɑːd; NAmE -sɑːrd/ noun
[ U ] (in the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand or South African parliaments) the official written record of everything that is said in the parliament
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WORD ORIGIN
late 19th cent.: named after Thomas C. Hansard (1776–1833), an English printer whose company originally printed it.