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man⋅sard

  [man-sahrd, -serd]
–noun
1. Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
2. the story under such a roof.
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Origin:
1725–35; < F mansarde, named after N. F. Mansart

Man⋅sart

  [mahn-sar; Eng. man-sahrt, -sert]
–noun
1. Jules Har⋅douin  [zhyl ar-dwan] , (Jules Hardouin), 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
2. his granduncle, (Ni⋅co⋅las) Fran⋅çois  [nee-kaw-lah frahn-swa] , 1598–1666, French architect.
Also, Man⋅sard  [mahn-sar; Eng. man-sahrd, ‑serd] .
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man·sard   (mān'särd')   
n.  The upper story formed by the lower slope of a mansard roof.

[French mansarde, after François Mansart (1598-1666), French architect.]
man'sard'ed adj.
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Word Origin & History

mansard 
1734, from Fr. mansarde, short for toit à la mansarde, named for Fr. architect Nicholas François Mansart (1598-1666).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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