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varletry|ˈvɑːlɪtrɪ|
Also 7 varlotarie.
[f. varlet + -ry.]
Varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or menials.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. v. ii. 56 Shall they hoyst me vp, And shew me to the showting Varlotarie Of censuring Rome? 1757Dyer Fleece iii. 461 Those Whose virtues taught the varletry of towns To useful toil to turn the pilfering hand. 1789J. White Earl Strongbow II. 20 The retainers..now hurried to the barbican... I wheeled round however, and with Gridalbin made a hideous carnage of this varletry. 1840Browning Sordello vi. 402 Gay swarms of varletry that come and go, Pages to dice with. 1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn xlv, It was only the clientage and varletry of Octavia who had dared to assume the people's name. |