Bible Dictionaries
Byword

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

(2):

(n.) The object of a contemptuous saying.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Byword'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/byword.html. 1828.