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Blaggard vs Blackguard - What's the difference?

blaggard | blackguard | Alternative forms |

Blackguard is a alternative form of blaggard.



In lang=en terms the difference between blaggard and blackguard

is that blaggard is a scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person. Usually, only used to refer to a male person while blackguard is a scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.

As a verb blackguard is

to revile or abuse in scurrilous language.

blaggard

English

Alternative forms

* blackguard

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person. Usually, only used to refer to a male person.
  • (archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
  • * 2006, Jan Freeman, 'Blaggards' of the year – Boston Globe
  • "Arrr, keelhaul the blaggards !" wrote Ty Burr in the Globe last summer, pronouncing sentence on the malefactors who brought us the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie.

    blackguard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
  • * Macaulay
  • A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard .

    Usage notes

    * Usually, only used to refer to a male person. * Blackguard may also refer to a man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.

    See also

    * blaggard * blagger

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
  • (Southey)