loteby

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noun

A lover, paramour; a concubine.

OriginMiddle English loteby →
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Meanings

nounloteby (plural lotebyes)

plural lotebyes · alternative lutby · alternative ludby

  1. obsoleteA lover, paramour; a concubine.

    Prouendreth persones · and prestes she meynteneth / To haue lemmannes and lotebies · alle here lif-dayes.

    c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section III

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
beauenamoradoflamelove interestloverparamoursparksuitor

Origin

  1. Middle Englishloteby
  2. Englishloteby

From Middle English loteby, equivalent to lote + by.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Botleyboylet
Cite this entry
APA

loteby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loteby

MLA

“loteby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loteby. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loteby,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loteby.

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