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blackguard
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Blackguard
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackguarded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding.]
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguard
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard\, a.
Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard
language.
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Blackguard
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard\ (bl[a^]g"g[aum]rd), 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.]
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A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard
in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping
pans. --Webster
(1612).
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2. The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or
community, collectively. [Obs.]
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3. A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses
scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a
scoundrel; a rough.
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A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly
below those of his class deserves to be called a
blackguard. --Macaulay.
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4. A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [Obs.]
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blackguard
(wn) | blackguard
n 1: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn:
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel]
v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted
the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib,
make fun, poke fun]
2: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the
policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother
shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw,
blackguard, shout] |
blackguard
(devil) | BLACKGUARD, n. A man whose qualities, prepared for display like a box
of berries in a market -- the fine ones on top -- have been opened on
the wrong side. An inverted gentleman.
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Blackguard
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackguarded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding.]
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard
language.
[1913 Webster]Blackguard \Black"guard\ (bl[a^]g"g[aum]rd), 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.]
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A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard
in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping
pans. --Webster
(1612).
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2. The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or
community, collectively. [Obs.]
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3. A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses
scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a
scoundrel; a rough.
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A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly
below those of his class deserves to be called a
blackguard. --Macaulay.
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4. A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [Obs.]
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Blackguarded
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackguarded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding.]
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguarding
(gcide) | Blackguard \Black"guard`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackguarded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding.]
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. --Southey.
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Blackguardism
(gcide) | Blackguardism \Black"guard*ism\, n.
The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.
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Blackguardly
(gcide) | Blackguardly \Black"guard*ly\, adv. & a.
In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive;
scurrilous; ruffianly.
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blackguardly
(wn) | blackguardly
adj 1: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble";
"the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M.
Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish
crew" [syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly,
blackguardly] |
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