blackguard

blackguard
blackguardism, n.blackguardly, adv.
/blag"ahrd, -euhrd, blak"gahrd'/, n.
1. a low, contemptible person; scoundrel.
2. Obs.
a. a group of menial workers in the kitchen of a large household.
b. the servants of an army.
c. camp followers.
v.t.
3. to revile in scurrilous language.
[1525-35; BLACK + GUARD; original sense obscure]
Syn. 1. scamp, rascal, rapscallion, rogue, devil, villain. 3. berate, vilify.

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