Leon·ard (lěn'ərd) American boxer who won the 1976 Olympic light welterweight title. He held five world titles as both a welterweight and middleweight between 1979 and 1987.
masc. proper name, from Fr. Léonard, O.Fr. Leonard, from Ger. Leonhard, from O.H.G. *Lewenhart, lit. "strong as a lion," from lewo (from L. Leo, see lion) + hart "hard."