As a general term of reproach or contempt: A vile wretch; ‘a knaue, rascall, filthie fellow’ (Cotgrave). (The earliest sense recorded in Old French)…

A term of reproach.

allusively. A person likened in some way to Pontius Pilate; esp. (in early use) a corrupt or lax person; (in later use) a person who evades…

An unprincipled or dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel.

A person of swarthy complexion; in quot. 1425 figurative as a term of reproach. Obsolete. rare.

A term or reproach.

A term of reproach or abuse. Cf. dog's face n. at dog, n.1 compounds 3d. Now rare.

Scottish. (Stressed ˈladron.) Used as a vague term of reproach: Rogue, blackguard.

A cant name for a beggar born; also used as a term of reproach or insult (cf. beggar, n. 6a).

soused gurnet: a term of opprobrium. gurnet's head: used allusively with reference to the disproportionate size of the fish's head. Obsolete.

A prisoner in jail; esp. one who has been long, or is often, in jail, a habitual criminal; also, as a term of reproach, an incorrigible rogue.

As a term of reproach or contempt: a foolish, worthless, curmudgeonly, or otherwise contemptible person.

A term of reproach or contempt.

Used as a term of reprobation; = incubus, n.

A term of reproach applied to (a) a grown-up person, (b) a child.

derogatory. A fool. Also: an impostor, an upstart.

colloquial. (A name for) an ordinary or insignificant, or a foolish or incompetent, man.