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Blackguard

Blackguard Meaning & Definition
Blackguard Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blackguard?

[n] someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"
[v] use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
[v] subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blackguard: abuse | bounder | cad | clapperclaw | dog | guy | heel | hound | jest at | laugh at | make fun | poke fun | rib | ridicule | shout

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blackguard:

See Also | assail | assault | attack | bemock | curse | debunk | expose | lampoon | lash out | mock | perisher | rail | revile | round | satirise | satirize | scoundrel | slang | snipe | stultify | vilify | villain | vituperate

Blackguard In Webster's Dictionary

\Black"guard\, n. [Black + guard.] 1. The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the ``black guard''; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army. [Obs.] A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. --Webster (1612). 2. The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively. [Obs.] 3. A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough. A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard. --Macaulay. 4. A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [Obs.]
\Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackguarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blackguarding}.] To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
\Black"guard\, a. Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard language.

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