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Definition: Byrd

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623).[Wordnet]
2. Explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957).[Wordnet].

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"Byrd" is a common misspelling or typo for: birds, bird, bard, byre, Byrds.

Date "Byrd" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1493. (references)

Specialty Definition: Byrd

Domain Definition
Military A battalion size microcosm of the 1st Cavalry Division's operations in Binh Dinh province. (references)

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Common Expressions: Byrd

Expressions Definition
Admiral Byrd Explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Bill Byrd Bill Byrd was a professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. He was an excellent pitcher, and one of the last to legally throw the spitball. He featured in six All-Star games. (references)
Bobby Byrd Bobby Byrd is an African American funk/soul/R&B/gospel musician, best known as James Brown's longtime sideman and co-vocalist. Brown and Byrd produced a slew of funk tracks which have been sampled by, among others, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, LL Cool J and A Tribe Called Quest. (references)
Butch Byrd George "Butch" Byrd (born 1941) of Boston University was one of the best running backs and pass receivers on the Terrier football team of the early '60s. He joined the Buffalo Bills in 1964 and immediately made an impact in the defensive backfield, with seven interceptions. Byrd was also a solid punt returner for his entire career. He is most remembered for a scintillating punt return in the 1965 American Football League Championship game against the San Diego Chargers. Byrd took a John Hadl punt and with fabulous blocking, took it 74 yards for a TD. (references)
Byrd (lunar crater) Byrd is an irregular crater that is located near the north pole of the Moon. The north rim of Byrd is nearly connected to the Peary crater, a formation that is adjacent to the pole. The smaller Gioja crater is attached to the remains of the southwest rim. (references)
Byrd Amendment The Byrd Amendment is also known as the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSA). The act is American legislation closely associated with its chief sponsor, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. The act changed the disposition of funds raised from duties on imports that the US government has determined to be subsidized or otherwise unfairly priced. Prior to the act, those funds were incorporated into the US budget. The Act specifies that the funds be distributed to the US companies that file pricing complaints. (references)
Byrd Glacier The Byrd Glacier (80°20'S"159 00°E') is a major glacier, about 136 km long and 24 km wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. (references)
Byrd Organization The Byrd Organization (usually known as just "the Organization") was a political machine that dominated Virginia politics for much of the first half of the 20th Century. (references)
Byrd Park Byrd Park is a public park located in Richmond, Virginia north of the James River and adjacent to Maymont Park. It includes a one mile running track with exercise stops, monuments, an amphitheatre, and three small lakes: Shields, Swan, and Boat Lake. Boat Lake (also called Fountain Lake) has a lighted fountain at its center. Visitors can rent paddleboats there in season. (references)
Byrd Polar Research Center The Vostok ice core (see Vostok, Antarctica), is 420,000 years old. Studies of this core show cyclical changes in temperature and atmospheric CO2 in ppm (parts-per-million). Average annual temperatures have risen steadily since 1900, with fluctuating temperatures between 1940 and 1980. Average temperature and CO2 have risen and fallen in tandem, but opinions still vary on whether the temperature rise is caused by the increased CO2, or vice versa. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: Byrd

Expressions Domain Definition
Obert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Federal Student Aid A Title IV financial aid program that makes scholarships available to full-time postsecondary students with exceptional ability and promise. Students apply for the merit-based scholarships through their state education agencies. (references)

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Extended Definition: Byrd

Byrd

The surname Byrd may refer to:

  • Bill Byrd (1907-1991), baseball player
  • Bobby Byrd, (born 1934) funk musician
  • Butch Byrd (born 1941), AFL Hall of Fame
  • Charlie Byrd (1925-1999), jazz guitarist
  • Chris Byrd (born 1970), heavyweight champion in boxing
  • Donald Byrd (born 1932), jazz trumpeter
  • Dennis Byrd, football player
  • Eddie Byrd (born 1974), football player
  • Harry Byrd (1925–1985), baseball player
  • Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), U.S. Senator for Virginia
  • Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (born 1914), U.S. Senator for Virginia from 1965–1983
  • Henry Roeland Byrd (1918-1980), blues musician
  • James Byrd, Jr. (1949-1998), murder victim
  • Joe Byrd, rock musician
  • Jonathan Byrd (born circa 1970), folk singer-songwriter
  • Marlon Byrd (born 1977), baseball player
  • Mary Willing Byrd (1740-1814), second wife of Colonel William Byrd III
  • Paul Byrd (born 1970), baseball player
  • Petri Hawkins-Byrd, bailiff "Byrd" on the Judge Judy TV series
  • Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), admiral, polar explorer, aviator
  • Robert C. Byrd (born 1917), Democratic Senator for West Virginia
  • Sammy Byrd (1910-1981), baseball player for the New York Yankees and PGA Tour golfer
  • Tracy Byrd (born 1964), boxer
  • Tracy Byrd (born 1966), country singer
  • William Byrd (1540–1623), English composer
  • William Byrd I (1652-1704), member of colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses
  • William Byrd II (1674-1744), founder of Richmond, Virginia
  • William Byrd III (1752-1777), member of the House of Burgesses, and military officer

Byrd or Byrds may also refer to:

  • Byrd Amendment, an American legislative act
  • Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University
  • The Byrds, American rock group
  • "Byrd" Watkins is a man that fought the famous bare knuckle boxer Kimbo Slice
  • Byrd Knife, a line of knives from Spyderco

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Byrd". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Byrd

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Robert Byrd 119     Adam M. Byrd 4
Richard Evelyn Byrd 37     Alton Byrd 4
Byrd Stadium 30     Barbara Byrd Keenan 5
Charlie Byrd 29     Bill Byrd 3
Harry F. Byrd 26     Black Byrd 6
Tracy Byrd 25     Bobby Byrd 7
Joe Byrd (Cherokee chief) 25     Butch Byrd 10
Jonathan Byrd 23     Byrd 17
Byrd Polar Research Center 22     Byrd (crater) 2
William Byrd 21     Byrd (lunar crater) 11
List of compositions by William Byrd 20     Byrd Amendment 6
Curley Byrd 19     Byrd Glacier 4
Paul Byrd 19     Byrd in Flight 3
The Notorious Byrd Brothers 18     Byrd in Hand 5
USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) 18     Byrd Organization 16
Joseph Byrd 17     Byrd Park 7
Byrd 17     Byrd Polar Research Center 22
Tracy Byrd (musician) 16     Byrd Road Act 10
Byrd Organization 16     Byrd Stadium 30
C. E. Byrd High School 16     Byrd Station 15
Byrd Station 15     Byrd Theatre 8
Ralph Byrd 15     Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio 13
Chris Byrd 14     Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. 7
Marlon Byrd 13     C. E. Byrd 10
Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio 13     C. E. Byrd High School 16
Garland T. Byrd 12     Charlie Byrd 29
Jonathan Byrd (golfer) 11     Chris Byrd 14
Byrd (lunar crater) 11     Corlene Byrd 3
Donald Byrd 11     Curley Byrd 19
Butch Byrd 10     Dan Byrd 8
C. E. Byrd 10     Danny Byrd 7
Byrd Road Act 10     Deborah Byrd 6
Gill Byrd 10     Debra Byrd 6
Harry Byrd 10     Demetrius Byrd 7
The John Byrd E.P. 9     Dennis Byrd 6
Jonathan Byrd (musician) 9     Dominique Byrd 9
Dominique Byrd 9     Don Byrd 4
Emily Byrd Starr 9     Donald Byrd 11
Richard C. Byrd 8     Electric Byrd 6
Robert C. Byrd Bridge 8     Emily Byrd Starr 9
Tracy Byrd (album) 8     Eugene Byrd 4
Robin Byrd 8     Garland T. Byrd 12
Dan Byrd 8     Geoff Byrd 4
Marie Byrd Land 8     Gill Byrd 10
Harry Byrd (baseball) 8     Harry Byrd 10
Byrd Theatre 8     Harry Byrd (baseball) 8
Demetrius Byrd 7     Harry F. Byrd 26
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. 7     Harry Flood Byrd Middle School 7
Byrd Park 7     Isaac Byrd 6
Robert C. Byrd Institute 7     Jeff Byrd 2
Tracy Byrd (boxer) 7     Jim Byrd 3
Danny Byrd 7     Joe Byrd (Cherokee chief) 25
Sammy Byrd 7     Johnathon Byrd 3
Harry Flood Byrd Middle School 7     Johnnie Byrd 3
USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) 7     Jonathan Byrd 23
Bobby Byrd 7     Jonathan Byrd (golfer) 11
Debra Byrd 6     Jonathan Byrd (musician) 9
Rick Byrd 6     Joseph Byrd 17
Marc Byrd 6     Leonard Byrd 3
Byrd Amendment 6     List of compositions by William Byrd 20
Dennis Byrd 6     Love Byrd: Donald Byrd and 125th St, N.Y.C. 5
Black Byrd 6     Marc Byrd 6
Isaac Byrd 6     Marie Byrd Land 8
Electric Byrd 6     Marlon Byrd 13
William Byrd II 6     Mary Byrd Brown 3
Deborah Byrd 6     Mary Willing Byrd 5
Byrd in Hand 5     Mitch Byrd 3
Love Byrd: Donald Byrd and 125th St, N.Y.C. 5     Mount Byrd 3
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center (Marshall University) 5     Paul Byrd 19
Mary Willing Byrd 5     Ralph Byrd 15
Richard Byrd 5     Richard Byrd 5
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program 5     Richard Byrd (athletics) 3
Barbara Byrd Keenan 5     Richard C. Byrd 8
Thomas Jefferson Byrd 5     Richard Evelyn Byrd 37
Alton Byrd 4     Rick Byrd 6
Eugene Byrd 4     Ricky Byrd 3
Robert C. Byrd High School 4     Robert Byrd 119
Byrd Glacier 4     Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center (Marshall University) 5
Don Byrd 4     Robert C. Byrd Bridge 8
Geoff Byrd 4     Robert C. Byrd High School 4
Adam M. Byrd 4     Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program 5
William Byrd III 3     Robert C. Byrd Institute 7
Johnnie Byrd 3     Robin Byrd 8
William Byrd I 3     Sammy Byrd 7
Mitch Byrd 3     Sterling Byrd Lacy 2
Mount Byrd 3     The John Byrd E.P. 9
Johnathon Byrd 3     The Notorious Byrd Brothers 18
Byrd in Flight 3     Thomas Jefferson Byrd 5
Leonard Byrd 3     Tracy Byrd 25
Bill Byrd 3     Tracy Byrd (album) 8
Mary Byrd Brown 3     Tracy Byrd (boxer) 7
Corlene Byrd 3     Tracy Byrd (musician) 16
Jim Byrd 3     USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) 7
Ricky Byrd 3     USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) 18
Richard Byrd (athletics) 3     Walt Byrd 2
William Byrd (alternative meanings) 2     William Byrd 21
Walt Byrd 2     William Byrd (alternative meanings) 2
Jeff Byrd 2     William Byrd I 3
Sterling Byrd Lacy 2     William Byrd II 6
Byrd (crater) 2     William Byrd III 3

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"Byrd" is a common misspelling or typo for: birds, bird, bard, byre, Byrds.

Synonyms: Byrd
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Expression

 admiral Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, William Byrd.
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Computed Synonyms: Byrd

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.2198   Byrd     bird     fowl, hen, fish, finfish, hod   
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Translations: Byrd

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Hanguk Mal 버드 (Byrd). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Byrd. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 버드 (Byrd). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Byrd. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese バード (bird, Byrd), マリーバードランド (Marie Byrd land), ウィリアム・バード (William Byrd), ロバート・バード (Robert Byrd), ドナルド・バード (Donald Byrd). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Byrd. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 버드 (Byrd). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Byrd. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Byrd

Language Translations for “Byrd” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Byrdathag (Byrd). Additional references: Athag, Byrd. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Byrdag (Byrd). Additional references: Double Dutch, Byrd. (volunteer)
Leet 8\-/|z|) (Byrd). Additional references: Leet, Byrd. (volunteer)
Oppish Byrdop (Byrd). Additional references: Oppish, Byrd. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Yrdbay (Byrd). Additional references: Pig Latin, Byrd. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Byrdub (Byrd). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Byrd. (volunteer)
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