coistrel
[ koi-struh l ]
/ ˈkɔɪ strəl /
noun Archaic.
a scoundrel; knave.
Origin of coistrel
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; see
-ier2), with
-r- perhaps from
quystroun knave, page, scullion < Anglo-French (Old French
coistron < Vulgar Latin
*coquistrō)
Words nearby coistrel
coinsurer,
cointreau,
coinventor,
coir,
coire,
coistrel,
coit,
coital exanthema,
coition,
coitus,
coitus interruptus