Definition
An archaic or rare term for a person who wears or deals with blankets, or historically, a beggar.
Etymology
From blank (a piece of white cloth or a beggar's cloak) plus -ard (a suffix making nouns meaning 'one who'). The word is quite archaic, rarely used in modern English.
Kelly Says
This word is linguistically fascinating because it shows how -ard suffixes (like in 'drunkard' or 'sluggard') were once productive in English for creating words about people's roles or habits—many of these words have simply fallen out of use.
Translations
CACatalà
idiota
ee-dee-o-ta
CSČeština
idiot
ee-dee-ot
DEDeutsch
Dummkopf
doom-kopf
ELΕλληνικά
idiota
ee-dee-o-ta
ESEspañol
persona sin cerebro
per-so-na sin se-bre-ro
FISuomi
idiootti
ee-dee-o-ttee
FRFrançais
idiot
ee-dee-oh
HUMagyar
idióta
ee-dee-o-ta
IDBahasa Indonesia
bodoh
bo-doh
ITItaliano
idiota
ee-dee-o-ta
KMKM
មាន ចិត្ត
ma-an chit
MSBahasa Melayu
bodoh
bo-doh
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-taw
NLNederlands
idioot
ee-dee-oot
PLPolski
idiota
ee-dee-o-ta
PTPortuguês
idiota
ee-dee-o-ta
SVSvenska
idioti
ee-dee-o-tee
SWKiswahili
mnyama
m-ny-a-ma
TAதமிழ்
மூளை இல்லாதவன்
moo-lai il-la-tha-van
UKУкраїнська
ідіот
ee-dee-ot
VITiếng Việt
ngu si
ngoo-see
ZUZU
umuntu onemali
oo-moo-n-too o-ne-ma-li