blackguard
a low, contemptible person; scoundrel.
Obsolete.
a group of menial workers in the kitchen of a large household.
the servants of an army.
camp followers.
to revile in scurrilous language.
Origin of blackguard
1Other words for blackguard
Other words from blackguard
- black·guard·ism, noun
- black·guard·ly, adverb
Words Nearby blackguard
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How to use blackguard in a sentence
Not exactly, except that I heard my stepfather denounce the doctor as an infernal cur and blackguard.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxDiard was, therefore, not a mere commonplace gambler who is seen to be a blackguard, and ends by begging.
Juana | Honore de Balzac“You blackguard,” said Eric, standing irresolutely for a few minutes; and then with tears in his eyes began to climb the wall.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarIf you had not prevented him, that blackguard would have used abusive language to me and ranged himself on your side.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueThere was a drunken-looking blackguard opposite us in church,” he said to his son as they drove home; “do you know who he was?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for blackguard
/ (ˈblæɡɑːd, -ɡəd) /
an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
(as modifier): blackguard language
(tr) to ridicule or denounce with abusive language
(intr) to behave like a blackguard
Origin of blackguard
1Derived forms of blackguard
- blackguardism, noun
- blackguardly, adjective
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