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 Bo·car·do n.
 1. Logic A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.
    Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians.   --Bowen.
 2. A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. [Eng.]
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