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meinie

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmeɪni/ (UK)

Definition of meinie

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, archaic)A household, or family.
    “And whanne they in the caſtel wyſte hou ſire Palomydes had ſped there was a Ioyeful meyny / and ſoo ſir Palomydes departed / and came to the caſtell of Lonaȝep "And when they in the castle wist how Sir Palomides had sped, there was a joyful meiny; and so Sir Palomides departed, and came to the castle of Lonazep."”
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noun

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, archaic)A household, or family.
    “And whanne they in the caſtel wyſte hou ſire Palomydes had ſped there was a Ioyeful meyny / and ſoo ſir Palomydes departed / and came to the caſtell of Lonaȝep "And when they in the castle wist how Sir Palomides had sped, there was a joyful meiny; and so Sir Palomides departed, and came to the castle of Lonazep."”
  2. (archaic, historical)A retinue.
    “His speech thus spake the Moor, and took his leave, he and his meiny where the bátels lay: formal farewells to chief and crews he gave, exchanging congees with due courtesy.”
    “And in the evening they went with their simple captain to his lodging; but a certain of his simple and rude meinie abode there all the night [...].”
  3. (Scotland)A crowd of people; a rabble.
    “For the mutable ranke-ſented Meynie, / Let them regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And therein behold themſelues.”

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Etymology

From Middle English meine, meyne, from Anglo-Norman maigne and Old French mesnie (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō, mānsiōnem (“house”). Compare menial.

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