Beghard

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(begərd, bə gärd)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Beg•hard  (begərd, bə gärd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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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