meinie

noun3

1. •
   (Scotland) A crowd of people; a rabble.

   • For the mutable ranke-sented Meynie, / Let them regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And therein behold themselues. — 1608
2. •
   (Ireland, no longer used) A household, or family.
3. •
   (no longer used, historical) A retinue.

   • His speech thus spake the Moor, and took his leave, he and his meiny where the bátels lay: formal farewells to chief and crews he gave, exchanging congees with due courtesy. — 1880