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Definition of Lorel
1. n. A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond.
Definition of Lorel
1. Noun. A good-for-nothing fellow; a vagabond; losel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lorel
1. a scamp [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorel
Literary usage of Lorel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakspere's England; or, Sketches of our social history in the reign of by George Walter Thornbury (1856)
"Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 2. Elizabethan Thieves, desperate and daring. — Statutes
of the Reign. — Severity of Law. — Cock lorel.—Punishments. ..."
2. The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman: In Three Parallel Texts by William Langland (1886)
"4, by 'euery lorel ;' see Morris's edition, p. 21. It is also spelt lose!; ...
Parv. has—'lorel or losel, lurco;' see Way's note. • (a. 8. 125, 126. ..."
3. Early English Text Society by Early English Text Society (1877)
"•4, by " euery lorel;" see Morris's edition, p. 21. ... shewing that lorel was
then looked upon as the older form. The Prompt. Parv. has—"lorel or losel, ..."
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