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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French Date: 15th century a wandering student of the 12th or 13th century given to the writing of satiric Latin verse and to convivial living and minstrelsy • goliardic adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Goliard Gol"iard, n. [From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat. Cf. Gules.] A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.