Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lollard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so
called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers
in Germany. --Fuller.
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