Note 221 — IV
Reading edition
[Compare the transitions of meaning in French manant = (1) a dweller (where he was born—from manoir to dwell), the inhabitant of a homestead, (2) a countryman, (3) a clown or boor, a coarse fellow.]
Reading edition
[Compare the transitions of meaning in French manant = (1) a dweller (where he was born—from manoir to dwell), the inhabitant of a homestead, (2) a countryman, (3) a clown or boor, a coarse fellow.]