lollard

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lollard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
         [1913 Webster]
  
               By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so
               called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers
               in Germany.                          --Fuller.
         [1913 Webster] Lollardism