varletry
English
Etymology
Compare Old French valeterie (“young unmarried nobles”).
Noun
varletry (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, scene 2
- the shouting varletry of censuring Rome
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, scene 2
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