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单词 blackguard
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blackguard

[ blag-ahrd, -erd, blak-gahrd ]
/ ˈblæg ɑrd, -ərd, ˈblækˌgɑrd /
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noun

a low, contemptible person; scoundrel.
Obsolete.
  1. a group of menial workers in the kitchen of a large household.
  2. the servants of an army.
  3. camp followers.

verb (used with object)

to revile in scurrilous language.

Origin of blackguard

1525–35; black + guard; original sense obscure

SYNONYMS FOR blackguard

1 scamp, rascal, rapscallion, rogue, devil, villain.
3 berate, vilify.
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OTHER WORDS FROM blackguard

black·guard·ism, nounblack·guard·ly, adverb

Words nearby blackguard

black game, black gang, black gnat, black gold, black grouse, blackguard, black guillemot, Black Hand, black hat, black haw, Black Hawk
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British Dictionary definitions for blackguard

blackguard
/ (ˈblæɡɑːd, -ɡəd) /

noun

  1. an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
  2. (as modifier)blackguard language

verb

(tr) to ridicule or denounce with abusive language
(intr) to behave like a blackguard

Derived forms of blackguard

blackguardism, nounblackguardly, adjective

Word Origin for blackguard

C16: originally a collective noun referring to the lowest menials in court, camp followers, vagabonds; see black, guard
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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