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coistrel
[ koi-struhl ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a scoundrel; knave.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coistrel1
1570–80; Middle English custrell, apparently < Middle French coustillier, coustelier, one armed with a cou ( s ) telle dagger (feminine derivative of coutel knife < Latin cultellus; -ier 2 ), with -r- perhaps from quystroun knave, page, scullion < Anglo-French ( Old French coistron < Vulgar Latin *coquistrō )
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