Blackguard

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A blackguard (alternatively spelled as "blaggard") could mean a scoundrel, an unprincipled contemptible person, or an untrustworthy person. It is also a verb, meaning to abuse or disparage (someone) scurrilously. Some people, like Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow, were called blackguards by their actions.

History

An old-fashioned term for a scoundrel, the term had been used several times during the Age of Piracy. Shortly after becoming the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea, Jack Sparrow once referred to fellow Pirate Lord Eduardo Villanueva as blackguard to Tia Dalma.^[1] Villanueva returned the favor when he called Jack a "horse-faced blackguard" aboard his ship.^[2] When Davy Jones killed the chaplain of a scuttled ship, one of the other sailors used the term on Jones.^[3] One of Jones' crewmen, Clanker, was known as a barnacled-browed blackguard while serving aboard the Flying Dutchman.^[4] Near the end of the parley that took place during the war against piracy, Hector Barbossa called Jack Sparrow a "blaggard" while cutting off Piece of Eight.^[5][6]

Behind the scenes

• In the 2006 production draft of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the scuttled ship sailor referred to Davy Jones as a "Cruel bastard", rather than blackguard.^[7]

Appearances

• Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Isles of War
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide

External links

• Blackguard on Wikipedia

Notes and references