BLACKGUARD


Meaning of BLACKGUARD in English

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. ]

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