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varletry

[vahr-li-tree]
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noun Archaic.

varlets collectively.
the mob or rabble.

Nearby words

  1. varistor,
  2. varitype,
  3. varityper,
  4. varix,
  5. varlet,
  6. varley loop,
  7. varmint,
  8. varmus,
  9. varna,
  10. varnish

Origin of varletry

First recorded in 1600–10; varlet + -ry
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Examples from the Web for varletry

  • The excitement of the varletry in the square, they say, was fearful to hear.

    The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith

  • It was only the clientage and varletry of Octavia who had dared to assume the peoples name.

    Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar

  • 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
British Dictionary definitions for varletry

varletry

noun archaic

the varletry rabble; mob
varlets collectively
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