blackguard
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.historical
2. (dated, chiefly of men) An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.Examples: "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."; "Pawn another man's property for the sake of a meal, eat and drink one's self to perdition, brand one's soul with the first little sear, set the first black mark against one's honour, call one's self a blackguard to one's own face, and needs must cast one's eyes down before one's self? Never! never!"; "2006, Jan Freeman, Blaggards' of the year – Boston Globe "Arrr, keelhaul the blaggards!" wrote Ty Burr in the Globe last summer, pronouncing sentence on the malefactors who brought us the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie."Synonyms: scoundrel, assbucket, asshat, asshole, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmuncherdated
3. (archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman (typically a woman of high standing).archaic
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.Examples: "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."; "And then the drink is very pleasant to us, and keeps up our spirits; for what could a woman in my position do without spirits, without being able to talk and blackguard and give every fellow she meets as good as he brings?"transitive
2. (intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary