blackguard

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
  • To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.

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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