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blackguards

blackguards is the plural of blackguard.

Meaning of blackguard

Noun

blackguard (plural blackguards)

  1. (historical) The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
  2. (dated) An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
    • A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard.1830, Thomas Macaulay, Review of Robert Southey's edition of Pilgrim's Progress, in the Edinburgh Review
  3. (archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman (typically a woman of high standing).

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Questions about blackguards

What is blackguards the plural of?
Blackguards is the plural of blackguard.

Words near blackguards in the dictionary

  1. blackguardizes
  2. blackguardizing
  3. blackguardly
  4. blackguardries
  5. blackguardry
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  7. blackgum
  8. blackgums
  9. Blackhall
  10. Blackhall Colliery
  11. Blackhall Rocks

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