Etymology

palliard

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Today it means: A beggar or vagrant, especially a professional one; (earlier especially) a lecher. Full definition →

Middle English payllart ← Middle French paillard
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  1. Middle French · derived frompaillard
  2. Middle English · inherited frompayllart
  3. English todaypalliard

From Middle English payllart (1484), Middle French paillard, from Middle French paille (“straw”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.