| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An alternative spelling for "Beguard": One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BEGHARD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Beghard \Be*ghard"\ Beguard \Be*guard"\, noun. [French b['e]gard, b['e]guard; compare to German beghard, Late Latin Beghardus, Begihardus, Begardus. Probably from the root of beguine + -ard or -hard. See Beguine.]. (references) |
