clochard - 2 dictionary results
clo⋅chard
[kloh-sherd] 
–noun
| a beggar; vagrant; tramp. |
Origin:
1940–45; < F, der. of clocher to limp < L clopus lame
1940–45; < F, der. of clocher to limp < L clopus lame
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| clo·chard (klō-shär') n. pl. clo·chards (-shär') A tramp; a vagrant. [French, from clocher, to limp, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *cloppicāre, from cloppus, lame person, alteration of Latin claudus.] |
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