Definition of Coistrel

1. Noun. a knight's attendant or man-at-arms; a knave ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coistrel

1. a knave [n -S] - See also: knave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coistrel

coinventors
coinventorship
coinvents
coinverse
coinverses
coinversion
coinversions
coinvestigator
coinvestigators
coinvestor
coinvestors
coir
coire licet
coirs
coisogenic
coistrel (current term)
coistrels
coistril
coistrils
coit
coitional
coitions
coits

Literary usage of Coistrel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Cp. coistrel, in use in the north country in the sense of a raw, inexperienced lad (EDD.); 'A coistrel ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"An uncommon word, known only in the following example, Malcontent, v, 1. 0. PL, iv, p. 88. coistrel ..."

3. Handlingar (1903)
"... attendant on a knight or man-at-arms' 1492 etc ; coistrel 'a groom, a servant in charge of the horses of a knight' 1577 (1688 di.: 'a young lad', cf. p. ..."

4. On Transferred Appellations of Human Beings, Chiefly in English and German by Josef Reinius (1903)
"... coistrel 'a groom, a servant in charge of the horses of a knight' 1577 (1688 di. ... knave, base fellow', 1581 + 1783 coistrel (1601 and 1783 'coward'), ..."

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