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词汇 meinie
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Definition of meinie in English:

meinie

noun ˈmeɪni
English Regional, Regional, Scottish, Northern archaic
  • 1More generally: a body of retainers, attendants, dependants, or followers; a retinue. Now archaic.

  • 2A crowd of people; (depreciative) a rabble.

Origin

Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman maigné, mayné, meigné, meinée, mesnee, meyné and Old French mesnie, variants of Anglo-Norman maignede and Old French (Normandy) maisnede from an unrecorded post-classical Latin derivative of classical Latin mansiōn-, mansiō.

Definition of meinie in US English:

meinie

nounˈmeɪni
English Regional, Regional, Scottish, Northern archaic
  • 1More generally: a body of retainers, attendants, dependants, or followers; a retinue. Now archaic.

  • 2A crowd of people; (depreciative) a rabble.

Origin

Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman maigné, mayné, meigné, meinée, mesnee, meyné and Old French mesnie, variants of Anglo-Norman maignede and Old French (Normandy) maisnede from an unrecorded post-classical Latin derivative of classical Latin mansiōn-, mansiō.

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