shreward

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noun

A rascal; a scoundrel.

OriginMiddle English schreward →
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Meanings

nounshreward (plural shrewards)

plural shrewards

  1. archaicA rascal; a scoundrel.

    Good principles and fair manners, Them to teach to many a shreward— For such was ever his wont.

    1882, Edwin Guest, A history of English rhythms, page 613

Origin

  1. Middle Englishschreward
  2. Englishshreward

Borrowed from Middle English schreward, from schrewe (“scoundrel”) + -ard (“-ard”); compare shrew, the animal.

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