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Added 9 October 2026

blackguard

/ˈblæɡəd/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about blackguard at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who is morally reprehensible.
you dirty dog

verb

Subject to laughter or ridicule.
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
Use foul or abusive language towards.
The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket

Origin

From black + guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot.

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