varletry

The whole pack of varletry, in the hope of Court favour, subjected the two disgraced young princes to espionage by night and day.
The Death of the Gods|Dmitri Mrejkowski
Shall they hoist me up And show me to the shouting varletry Of censuring Rome?
More Pages from a Journal|Mark Rutherford
It was only the clientage and varletry of Octavia who had dared to assume the peoples name.
Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar
She'll not be "chastised with the sober eye of dull Octavia," nor shown "to the shouting varletry of censuring Rome."
The Man Shakespeare|Frank Harris

The excitement of the varletry in the square, they say, was fearful to hear.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for varletry

varletry

/ (ˈvɑːlɪtrɪ) /

noun archaic

the varletry rabble; mob

varlets collectively

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