varletry

[vahr-li-tree]

noun Archaic.

varlets collectively.
the mob or rabble.

Origin of varletry

First recorded in 1600–10; varlet + -ry

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Examples from the Web for varletry

Historical Examples

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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Examples from the Web for varletry

Historical Examples

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

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

The whole pack of varletry, in the hope of Court favour, subjected the two disgraced young princes to espionage by night and day.

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