Definition of "blackguards" [blackguards]

• Plural form of blackguard. (noun)

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• "The speaker was one of those he had classified as blackguards or scoundrels, a small man with a scarred face, at least ten years older than himself, who carried no fewer than three knives."
• ""And if there are any titled blackguards on board --""
• "When proposals were made in 1863 in various quarters to publish her life, he turned like a wild beast upon the "blackguards" who "thrust their paws into his bowels" by prying into his intimacies."