Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Household; suite; attendants; retinue; train.
- noun Company; army.
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Examples
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As soon as they drew within earshot of Sharrkan and his meiny they cried out to them, saying,
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Then the meiny of the Moslems raised their voices, reciting the first verses of the Chapter of the Cow,399 whilst the dead were trampled under hoofs of steeds, and the heralds of the Greeks cried out,
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Uta and her meiny comforted her all time, but so sorely wounded was her heart, that it booted naught, whatever comfort men did offer her.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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Then Kriemhild spied the margravine standing with her meiny.
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Uta, the noble dame, and all her meiny mourned bitterly the stately man.
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Their noble meiny now brought saddled before the gate the many steeds, and to them came forth thee stranger knights.
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The noble meiny no longer tarried, but rode to where they found many broad pavilions; there ample service stood ready for the guests.
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The lordly meiny 73 grasped each other by the hand.
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When King Mark saw him do so, as fast as Sir Dinadan rode toward them, King Mark rode froward them with all his menial meiny.
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And when they in the castle wist how Sir Palomides had sped, there was a joyful meiny; and so Sir
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