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Lol⋅lard

  [lol-erd]
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–noun
an English or Scottish follower of the religious teachings of John Wycliffe from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MD lollaert mumbler (of prayers), equiv. to loll(en) to mumble (see lull ) + -aert -ard

Related forms:
Lol⋅lard⋅y, Lol⋅lard⋅ry, Lol⋅lard⋅ism, noun
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Lol·lard   (lŏl'ərd)   
n.  A member of a sect of religious reformers in England who were followers of John Wycliffe in the 14th and 15th centuries.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch Lollaerd, mumbler, mutterer, heretic, from lollen, doze, to mumble.]
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Word Origin & History

Lollard 
1395 (in Chaucer, Loller, c.1386), from M.Du. lollaerd, applied pejoratively to members of reforming sects c.1300 who devoted themselves to the care of the sick and poor, lit. "mumbler, mutterer," so called by critics who regarded them as heretics pretending to humble piety, from lollen "to mumble or doze." Generic late M.E. term for groups suspected of heresy, esp. followers of John Wycliffe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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