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blackguard

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈblæɡəd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aabcdgklruStarts with BEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. use foul or abusive language towards

Word 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.

Used in a sentence

  • 1830, Thomas Macaulay, Review of Robert Southey's edition of Pilgrim's Progress, in the Edinburgh Review A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard.
  • Persons who passed each other in boats upon the Thames used to blackguard each other, in a trial of wit
  • The Southern Region takes, in the main, a candid line with its public. […] An ill-informed attempt to blackguard the railway publicly is likely to see the complainant put politely—but very firmly—in his place.

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