Goliard

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wandering student of the 12th or 13th century, whose convivial lifestyle included minstrelsy and a typical satirical Latin poetry. historical

    "1951, F. Brittain, The Mediaeval Latin and Romance Lyric to A.D. 1300, 2nd Edition, Reprinted 2009, page 16, The Goliard, indeed, can be regarded as a sub-species of the jongleur, and evidence exists that the personnel of the two classes was to some extent interchangeable. […] The anonymous Goliard known as the Archpoet⁽¹¹⁸⁾ was of higher social standing than most of his confreres and, as a poet, one of the greatest of his class."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Goliard. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs wordnet

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Old French goliard (“glutton”); compare Italian goliardo (“university student”).

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