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Definition of Palliard
1. n. A born beggar; a vagabond.
Definition of Palliard
1. Noun. (archaic) a beggar or vagrant, especially a professional one ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palliard
1. a vagabond [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palliard
Literary usage of Palliard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"palliard, subs. (Old Cant.).—i. Aborn beggar; a tramp; primarily a vagabond who
lies on straw. [From. ... Adjoining him was the palliard, a loathsome ..."
2. A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy, and Beggars and Begging by Charles James Ribton-Turner (1887)
"1 A palliard. A palliard is he that goeth in a patched cloke, ... A Washman is
called a palliard, but not of the right makin] lye in the hye way with lame ..."
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