n. & v.
n. a villain; a scoundrel; an unscrupulous, unprincipled person.
v.tr. abuse scurrilously. blackguardly adj.
[ BLACK + GUARD: orig. applied collectively to menials etc. ]
n. & v.
n. a villain; a scoundrel; an unscrupulous, unprincipled person.
v.tr. abuse scurrilously. blackguardly adj.
[ BLACK + GUARD: orig. applied collectively to menials etc. ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012