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Blackguard (pronounced blaggard) is a rather old-fashioned term for a scoundrel.
Blackguard or Black Guard(s) may also refer to:
Government
- Hired thugs who kidnap petitioners in the People's Republic of China and return them home or hold them in black jails on behalf of local and regional governments and cadre.[1]
Historical
- Black Guard, a corps of African soldiers in Morocco
- Black Guards, armed anarchist groups formed after the Russian Revolution
- Black Band (landsknechts), also called Black Guards, mercenary army in Germany created 1514
- Captain Will Hollyday, Captain of the Ragged Regiment of the Black Guards
Fiction
- The Blackguard (novel) (1923), by Raymond Paton
- The Blackguard, 1925 film based on the novel
Music
- Blackguard (band), a Montreal-based melodic death metal band
Games
- The Dark Eye: Blackguards, 2014 videogame from Daedalic Entertainment
See also
Notes
- ↑ Lan Fang; Ren Zhongyuan (April 2, 2013). "A Day in the Life of a Beijing 'Black Guard': A Henan native collected his pay and quit his job stopping petitioners from airing their grievances in Beijing. Then he told Caixin how he went about his work". Caixin. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
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