What is the meaning of blackguard?

Someone who is morally reprehensible.
- usage: "you dirty dog"
- synonyms: cad, bounder, dog, hound, heel

Subject to laughter or ridicule.
- usage: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
- synonyms: ridicule, roast, guy, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
Use foul or abusive language towards.
- usage: "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
- synonyms: abuse, clapperclaw, shout

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