"frayboggard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frayboggards [plural]
Etymology: From fray (“fear, terror”) + boggard (“bugbear, ghost, goblin”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fray|boggard|t1=fear, terror|t2=bugbear, ghost, goblin}} fray (“fear, terror”) + boggard (“bugbear, ghost, goblin”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} frayboggard (plural frayboggards)
  1. (obsolete) A scarecrow. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: fray-boggard

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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