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Beg•hard
(beg′ərd, bə gärd′),USA pronunciation n.
- a member of a former lay brotherhood, founded in Flanders in the 13th century, living after the manner of the Beguines.
- Medieval Latin beghardus, equivalent. to beg- (see Beguine) + -hardus -ard
- 1650–60
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