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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOLL'ARD, n.
The Lollards were a sect of early reformers in Germany and England, the followers of Wickliffe.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch lollaert, from lollen to mutter Date: 14th century one of the followers of Wycliffe who traveled in the 14th and 15th centuries as lay preachers throughout England and Scotland • Lollardism noun • Lollardy noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any of the followers of the 14th-c. religious reformer John Wyclif. Derivatives: Lollardism n. Etymology: MDu. lollaerd f. lollen mumble

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lollard Lol"lard, n. [LL. Lollardi, Lullardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a German; cf. LG. & D. lollen to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. lollaerd a mumbler, i. e., of prayers or psalms, which was prob. the origin of the name. See Loll, Lull.] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. (b) One of the followers of Wyclif in England. [Called also Loller.] By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in Germany. --Fuller.