Meaning & use
Blaggard
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A variant spelling of "blackguard," meaning a dishonorable or unscrupulous person; a scoundrel.
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The old sea captain cursed the blaggard who had stolen his cargo.
"You blaggard!" she shouted, slamming the door on the con artist.
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"Blackguard" originally referred to the lowest kitchen servants in a great household, who tended pots and blacked boots, before it came to mean a villain.
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