subs. phr. (old colloquial).—A steward in a nobleman’s family, a man in the King’s service: in quot. = the mayor of a city.
1600. HEYWOOD, The First Part of King Edward IV. [PEARSON, Works (1874), I. 17].
| | Fal. Spoken like a man, and true VELUET-IACKET, |
| And we will enter, or strike by the way. |
