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# blackguard

«blackguard» in Mova's school dictionary: **a rude, dishonest, rascally person who behaves badly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (blackguard, blackguards)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) a rude, dishonest, rascally person who behaves badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackguard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a name for a scoundrel in old tales, often said in anger, as «you impudent little blackguard!»

### examples

- "You rude little blackguard!" shouted the farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackguard/#x1)
- The blackguard stole the old woman's purse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackguard/#x2)
- Old stories call a sly, mean man a blackguard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackguard/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blackguard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackguard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.