boggards
boggards is the plural of boggard.
boggards is the alternative form of boggard.
Meaning of boggard
Noun (1)
boggard (plural boggards)
- A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.
- A Boggarde, spectrum.1570, P. Levens, Manipulus Vocabulorum
- Synonyms:
- goblin
- A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- Nor be such buggarddes to the poor, yff they may not beare the bagge alone.1575, W. Whittingham, Brieff Discours of the Troubles Begonne at Franckford in Germany A.D. 1554
- Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright).
Noun (2)
boggard (plural boggards)
- An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- Siege, jacques, bogard, or draught, latrina.1552, Richard Huloet, Abcedarium Anglico Latinum
- Synonyms:
- outhouse
Forms of boggards
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Questions about boggards
- What is boggards the plural of?
- Boggards is the plural of boggard.
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