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Richard Surname Origin
Of a powerful, rich, or generous disposition, from ric, rich, and ard, nature or disposition.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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'People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.' --Edmund Burke