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Webster 1913 Edition


Rudesby

Rudes′by

(rṳdz′by̆)
,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
An uncivil, turbulent fellow.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rudesby

RU'DESBY

,
Noun.
An uncivil turbulent fellow. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


rudesby

rudesby

English

Noun

rudesby (plural rudesbys or rudesbies)

  1. (archaic) A rude person
    • 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act IV, scene I:
      Will it be ever thus? Ungracious wretch, / Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves, / Where manners ne'er were preach'd! out of my sight! / Be not offended, dear Cesario. / Rudesby, be gone!

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