loteby
English
Alternative forms
- lutby, ludby
Etymology
From Middle English loteby, equivalent to lote + by.
Noun
loteby (plural lotebyes)
- (obsolete) A lover, paramour; a concubine.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section III:
- Prouendreth persones · and prestes she meynteneth / To haue lemmannes and lotebies · alle here lif-dayes.
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