Meaning of meinie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A household, or family.
   Ireland, Scotland, archaic
2. A retinue.
   archaic, historical
3. A crowd of people; a rabble.
   Scotland

Examples

“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."”

“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 [...].”

“For the mutable ranke-ſented Meynie, / Let them regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And therein behold themſelues.”

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