noun
Meaning 1
A household, or family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Scotland, archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
meinie
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UK: /ˈmeɪni/
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noun
Meaning 2
A retinue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical
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noun
Meaning 3
A crowd of people; a rabble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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History
Etymology
From Middle English meine, meyne, from Anglo-Norman maigne and Old French mesnie (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō, mānsiōnem (“house”). Compare menial.