GOLIARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goliard mean? 

• GOLIARD (noun)
  The noun GOLIARD has 1 sense:

1. a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs

  Familiarity information: GOLIARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLIARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("goliard" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)