Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Goliard

Goliard (gōl"yẽrd) , noun

[From Old French goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, Late Latin goliardus, prob. from Latin gula throat. Compare Gules.]

A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.