loteby

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Etymology

From Middle English loteby, equivalent to lote +‎ by.

Noun

loteby (plural lotebyes)

  1. (obsolete) A lover, paramour; a concubine.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
      Prouendreth persones · and prestes she meynteneth / To haue lemmannes and lotebies · alle here lif-dayes.

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