ragman roll
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Prob. Ice. ragmenni, a craven, ragr, cowardly (A.S. earg), madhr, man.”)
Noun[edit]
ragman roll (plural ragman rolls)
- (historical) Any of a collection of legal documents in which the nobility and gentry of Scotland subscribed allegiance to Edward I of England.