meiny
noun
a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
meinie
-
a variation of
meiny.
Example Sentences
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They deemed that Arthur himself had fallen upon them with all his meinie at his back.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
He had lost the fairer and the stronger half of his meinie, and was at his wits' end to know how to take counsel with his brother, or to come to his aid.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
"But, Lord King, he has with him a meinie of full forty knights."
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley
His meinie was lodged about the city, whilst his vessels lay within the haven.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
But when Arthur's sergeants won forth from the boats, and arrayed them in the open country, Mordred's meinie might not endure against them.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
