coistrel

[ koi-struhl ]

/ ˈkɔɪ strəl /

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noun Archaic.

a scoundrel; knave.

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Origin of coistrel

1570–80; Middle English custrell, apparently <Middle French coustillier, coustelier, one armed with a cou(s)telle dagger (feminine derivative of coutel knife <Latin cultellus;see -ier²), with -r- perhaps from quystroun knave, page, scullion <Anglo-French (Old French coistron<Vulgar Latin *coquistrō)

Words nearby coistrel

coinsurer, Cointreau, coinventor, coir, Coire, coistrel, coit, coital, coital exanthema, coition, coitus