Blackguard Definition

blăgərd, -ärd
blackguards
noun
blackguards
A thoroughly unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
American Heritage
The lowest servants of a large household, in charge of pots and pans.
Webster's New World
A foul-mouthed person.
American Heritage
A person who uses abusive language.
Webster's New World
Scoundrel; villain.
Webster's New World
verb
blackguards
To abuse verbally; revile.
American Heritage
To abuse with words; rail at; revile.
Webster's New World
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
Wiktionary
adjective
Vulgar, low, etc.
Webster's New World
Abusive.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Blackguard

Noun

Singular:
blackguard
Plural:
blackguards

Origin of Blackguard

  • black +‎ guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries, blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot.

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