Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧent n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧent n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A body of soldiers, a troop, an army; the maine gentes, the great hosts [but cp. OF la menue gent, the common people, the foot soldiers].
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3956 : On boþe half, þe mayne gentes We[n]ten hom to her tentes.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)3928 : Jn boþe halue mony gent Wenten hom to heore tent.