Etymology

varletry

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Today it means: The rabble; the crowd; the mob. Full definition →

Old French valeterie
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromvaleterie“young unmarried nobles”
  2. English todayvarletry

Compare Old French valeterie (“young unmarried nobles”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.