goliard

(gōl′yərd)

noun

any of a class of wandering students of the late Middle Ages who wrote satirical Latin verse and often served as minstrels and jesters

Origin: contr. < ME goliardeis (< OFr goliardois) & OFr goliart, glutton < gole (< L gula: see gullet) + -art, -ard

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See goliard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A wandering student in medieval Europe disposed to conviviality, license, and the making of ribald and satirical Latin songs.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French, glutton, goliard

Origin: , from gole, throat

Origin: , from Latin gula

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