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blackguard
[ blag-ahrd, -erd, blak-gahrd ]
blackguard
/ -ɡəd; ˈblæɡɑːd /
noun
- an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
- ( as modifier )
blackguard language
verb
- tr to ridicule or denounce with abusive language
- intr to behave like a blackguard
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Derived Forms
- ˈblackguardism, noun
- ˈblackguardly, adjective
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Other Words From
- blackguard·ism noun
- blackguard·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blackguard1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blackguard1
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Example Sentences
Not exactly, except that I heard my stepfather denounce the doctor as an infernal cur and blackguard.
Diard was, therefore, not a mere commonplace gambler who is seen to be a blackguard, and ends by begging.
“You blackguard,” said Eric, standing irresolutely for a few minutes; and then with tears in his eyes began to climb the wall.
If you had not prevented him, that blackguard would have used abusive language to me and ranged himself on your side.
There was a drunken-looking blackguard opposite us in church,” he said to his son as they drove home; “do you know who he was?
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