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 \Black"guard\, a.
Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard
language.
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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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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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
abuse, bounder, cad, clapperclaw, dog, guy, heel, hound, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast, shout
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