meinie
(now, _, rare, Scotland, Ireland) A household, or family.
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(now, _, rare, Scotland, Ireland) A household, or family.
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 [...].
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(now, _, Scotland) A crowd of people; a rabble.
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 [...].
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(archaic, or, historical) A retinue.
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 [...].
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