blackguard
blackguard is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 28 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively. [Obs.]
- 2.A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough. A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard. Macaulay.
- 3.A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [Obs.]
- 4.To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. Southey.
- 5.Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard language.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- archtraitor
- bad
- barrator
- betrayer
- clothing
- conspirator
- grass
- knave
- man
- mischief-maker
- rascal
- recreant
- renegade
- reptile
- rogue
- serpent
- servility
- shyster
- snake
- sneak
- squealer
- sycophant
- tergiversation
- the
- traitor
- trimmer
- truant
- wolf
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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