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Webster 1913 Edition
Lollard
Lol′lard
,Noun.
[LL.
Lollardi
, Lullardi
, from Walter Lolhardus
, a German; cf. LG. & D. lollen
to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. lollaerd
a mumbler, i. e., of prayers or psalms, which was prob. the origin of the name. See Loll
, Lull
.] (Eccl. Hist.)
(a)
One of a sect of early reformers in Germany.
(b)
One of the followers of Wyclif in England.
[Called also
Loller
.] By
Lollards
all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from Walter Lollardus
, one of their teachers in Germany. Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lollard
LOLL'ARD
,Noun.
The Lollards were a sect of early reformers in Germany and England, the followers of Wickliffe.