goliard

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  1. noun A wandering student in medieval Europe disposed to conviviality, license, and the making of ribald and satirical Latin songs.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, glutton, goliard, from gole, throat, from Latin gula.

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  1. Old French goliard, golliard, gouliard, goulard, a buffoon, jester, glutton (later Middle Latin goliardus), from gole, golle, goule, the gullet, mouth, F, gueule, the mouth, jaws: see gole, gullet.
 

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