pard 1
— pardine /pahr"duyn, -din/ , adj.
/pahrd/ , n. Literary.
a leopard or panther.
[ 1250-1300; ME parde ( pard ) pardus párdos (masc.), deriv. of párdalis (fem.); cf. OE (rare) pardus ]
pard 2
/pahrd/ , n. Informal.
partner; companion.
[ 1840-50, Amer.; by alter. and shortening of PARTNER ]