palliard
nounUK /ˈpælɪəd/ · US /ˈpæljɚd/
Etymology From Middle English payllart (1484), Middle French paillard, from Middle French paille (“straw”).
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Archaic A beggar or vagrant, especially a professional one; (earlier especially) a lecher.
- A most luxurious and effeminate Palliard he was.1614, Walter Raleigh, Hist. World, II, page 476:
- They all knew him. A palliard, some said on Henley Street, a wild rogue.1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:
- Related terms
- palliardise, palliardry, palliardy, palliardize