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meinie
(now rare, Scotland, Ireland) A household, or family.
(archaic or historical) A retinue.
💬 Quotations
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.
(now Scotland) A crowd of people; a rabble.
💬 Quotations
For the mutable ranke-sented Meynie, / Let them regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And therein behold themselves.
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