What is a Blaggard?

Question

I've heard this in several songs. Mostly Irish punk bands. And I'm just curious

Answer 1

1. Blaggard 26 up, 3 down

A villain, a rogue, an evil or "black-hearted" person, hence abreviated low brow U.K. style to "blaggard"

The blaggards marooned the crew, raped the women, and drowned the children.

2. Blaggard

A person who manages to get away with not doing something by way of talking their way out of it, or by just going on and on and on until someone else does it or you just give up and do it yourself or by the time they've finished it doesn't need doing any more.

Man, I asked Mark to go and serve that customer and he just started ******* talking about something else and wouldn't shut up. By the time he'd finished Paul had stepped in served them. What a blaggard!


A person of dubious morals, sometimes with villainous intent and suspicious plots.
More often than not in cahoots with other shady characters.

You are a fool and a blaggard!


A person that is mischevious and breakes the rules.

some blaggard keeps ringing me and hanging up on me.


from the British slang blag which means to steal or rob usually by force, a blagger is the robber who usually robs by force, the word blaggard is a variance on these two concepts a slang on the slang if you will meaning a rogue-ish bastardly person, a con.

"Those pirates are blaggards to the bone."

Answer 2

Define Blaggard

Answer 3

If blaggard is what I think it is which is a violent thug then no I'm not.

Answer 4

A shill would be a good example of a blaggard

Answer 5

It is an old term for someone who is dishonest, conniving, a liar, a braggart, etc. It is often used to refer to a man who has 'dishonorable intentions' toward a woman...often a higher class man to a lower class woman.

Answer 6

blaggard= pirate speak for black heart= an evildoer

braggard = boaster

Answer 7

A rogue.

I would spell it "blackguard".

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-bla3.htm

Answer 8

some one who is abousey a charther