† ˈGuisard, n.1 Obs.
Also 7 guyzard.
[a. F. guisard, f. (duc de) Guise.]
A partisan of the Guise faction in France in the 16th c. (In the first quot. app. used with allusion to the name of Guy Fawkes.)
| 1607 Dekker Knts. Conjur. (1842) 54 Factious guyzards, that lay trains of sedition to blow vp the common-wealth. 1681 Dryden Medal Ep. Whigs, The Holy League of the French Guisards. 1683 ― Vind. Dk. Guise 32 The three Estates were at that time compos'd generally of Guisards, factious, hot-headed, rebellious, interressed men. |