Lŏl'lard, n.

n. [Ger. lollard, lollhard; L. Lat. Lollardi, Lullardi, Liliardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a German. Cf. L. Ger. & D. lollen, to mumble, to hum, to sing in a murmuring strain; hence, O. D. lollaerd, a mumbler, i. e., of prayers or psalms.]

(Eccl. Hist.) (a.) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. (b.) One of the followers of Wycliffe in England. [Written also Loller.]

By Lollards all know the Wycliffites are meant, so called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in Germany. Fuller.