meiny \ˈmānē, -ni\noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English meynie (also, household, family) — more at menial 1.archaic a.: a group of attendants or followers : retinue < summoned up their meiny, straight took horse — Shakespeare > b.: a group of associates : band, company < the priest of Loyola's meiny — W.H.Gardner > 2.now chiefly Scotland: a great number : multitude