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Webster 1913 Edition
Goliard
Gol′iard
(gōl′yẽrd)
, Noun.
[From OF.
goliart
glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus
, prob. fr. L. gula
throat. Cf. Gules
.] A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men’s tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.