noun
- people who use crude, vulgar, or indecent language or behavior
Usage: archaic; offensive
Examples
- The tavern was filled with ribalds telling crude jokes.
- Medieval literature often portrayed ribalds as comic characters.
- The court jester surrounded himself with ribalds and entertainers.
- She avoided the company of ribalds and their vulgar speech.
- The ribalds were banished from the royal court for their behavior.