varletry

English

Etymology

Compare Old French valeterie (“young unmarried nobles”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑː(ɹ)lɪtɹi/

Noun

varletry (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     the shouting varletry of censuring Rome

Translations

the rabble, the crowd, the mob

• Russian: сбро́д (ru) m (sbród), че́рнь (ru) f (čérnʹ)

Anagrams

• veratryl