LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 23.SEP.2000 (02) [E]

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From: Edwin Michael Alexander [edsells at idirect.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 22.SEP.2000 (01) [E]

At 07:16 AM 09/22/00 -0700, Matthew McGrattan wrote:
>
>From: [matthew.mcgrattan at bnc.ox.ac.uk]
>Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 21.SEP.2000 (01) [E]
>According to Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
>(1913)(http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict3&Database=web1913) the
meaning
>of blackguard does come from "black guard" - it says:

Duh.  I mean Black Guard as in Black Watch, a real or imagined military
unit, not guarders who have turned black.

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