GOLIARD


Meaning of GOLIARD in English

ˈgōlyərd, -ˌyärd noun

( -s )

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: French, from Old French goliart, goliard glutton, drunkard, trickster, probably from gole throat, gullet (from Latin gula ) + -art, -ard — more at glutton

: a wandering student of the 12th or 13th century given to the writing of goliardic verse and to convivial living and minstrelsy

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