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 Definitions for blackguard: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Blackguard \Black"guard\, a.
Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard
language.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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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WordNet (r) 2.0
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blackguard
n : someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn:
cad, bounder, 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, 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,
shout]
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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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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