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mangery

mangery noun: a feast; a banquet.

Noun

mangery (plural mangeries)

  1. (obsolete) A feast; a banquet.
    • Hollanders, Zelanders, Scots, French, Weſterne men, Northren men, beſides all the hundreds and wapentakes nine miles compaſſe, fetch the beſt of their viands and mangery from her market.1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 6

Forms of mangery

pluralmangeries

Origin of mangery

From Middle English mangerie, from Old French mangerie (“eating”).

Questions about mangery

What does mangery mean?
Mangery means a feast; a banquet.
What part of speech is mangery?
Mangery is a noun.
What is the plural of mangery?
The plural of mangery is mangeries.

Words near mangery in the dictionary

  1. mangeritic
  2. mangerlike
  3. mangers
  4. mangersful
  5. Mangerton
  6. mangery
  7. manges
  8. mangetout
  9. mangetouts
  10. Mangewala
  11. Mangewalas

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