1. a contemptible or offensive person
Usage: archaic; derogatory

Examples

• The old play featured a villain described as a complete stinkard.
• In medieval literature, the stinkard was often the object of ridicule.
• The character was portrayed as a lying stinkard who cheated everyone.
• Historical texts sometimes refer to unpopular nobles as stinkards.
• The term stinkard appears in several 16th-century English works.