Definition of Blackguard

Birth

BLACKGUARD noun

	A man whose qualities, prepared for display like a box of berries in a market -- the fine ones on top -- have been opened on the wrong side. An inverted gentleman.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

BLACKGUARD:
?blæ??:d n. & v. --n. a villain; a scoundrel; an unscrupulous, unprincipled person. --v.tr. abuse scurrilously. øøblackguardly adj. [BLACK + GUARD: orig. applied collectively to menials etc.]

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