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    blackguard

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++black·guard /ˈblæɡɑːd, -əd $ -ərd, -ɑːrd/ noun [countable] old use  BAD PERSONa man who treats other people very badly 恶棍，流氓，无赖
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    blackguard• McQuaid was a drunken blackguard who was with me in the war.    Origin blackguard (1700-1800) black guard “soldier of bad character” ((16-18 centuries))
    black·guard nounChineseSyllable
    a treats Corpus man people who badly very other


    blackguard
    black‧guard /ˈblæɡɑːd, -əd $ -ərd, -ɑːrd/ noun [countable] old use
     Date: 1700-1800
     Origin: black guard 'soldier of bad character' (16-18 centuries)
    a man who treats other people very badly


    black·guardBrE /ˈblæɡɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblækɡɑːrd/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, BrE) a man who is dishonest and has no sense of what is right and what is wrong 无赖；恶棍