Goliard \Gol"iard\, n. [From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat. Cf. {Gules}.] A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
goliard n : a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs