Lollard

Late Middle English, possibly from or influenced by Dutch lollen (“to mumble”). Other origins have been proposed; see Lollardy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɒlɑː(ɹ)d/

Lollard (plural Lollards)

1. (historical) A member of a sect of early reformers in Germany.
2. (historical) A Wycliffite.
   • 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, pages 57–58:

     [H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]

   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 427:

     ‘She died for Wyclif’s book. It was an old Bible. She was what they call a Lollard.’

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Lollard”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
• “Lollard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.