(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:14:24

Var"let*ry (?), n. [Cf. OF. valeterie the young unmarried nobles.]

The rabble; the crowd; the mob.

Shall they hoist me up, And show me to the shouting varletry Of censuring Rome. Shak.

 

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