varletry

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɑː(ɹ)lɪtɹi/

Noun

varletry (uncountable)

(obsolete) The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
- c. 1606–1607, 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)

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