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▪ I. Hansard1 Hist.|ˈhænsəd| [f. Hanse + -ard. (As a surname, Hansard occurs early in 13th c., but its identity is doubtful.)] A member of one of the establishments of the German Hanse.
1449Rolls Parlt. V. 144/2 Hanser. 1453Ibid. V. 230/2 Another Subsidie..of every Venecian, Esterlynge..Lumbard, Hanszard, Prucier, and also other Straungers Merchauntz. Ibid., Hansard. 1832McCulloch Comm. Dict. (1852) 655 The merchants of the Hanse towns, or Hansards, as they were then commonly termed, were established in London at a very early period. Ibid. 656 The Hansards were every now and then accused of acting with bad faith. 1890Cunningham Growth Eng. Comm. Early & Mid. Ages §121 At the beginning of the fifteenth century the Hansards found that their monopoly of the Baltic trade was threatened. ▪ II. Hansard2|ˈhænsəd, -ɑːd| The official report of the proceedings and debates of the Houses of Parliament; colloq. so called as having been compiled for a long period by Messrs. Hansard. Also transf.
1876L. Stephen Hours in Library II. 154 Hansard was not, and newspapers were in their infancy. 1880Gentl. Mag. CCXLVI. 79 The Queensland legislature..has its own official daily Hansard. |