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Hi all! I'm poking around with an alternative historical story where I want to avoid as many words with French origins as possible. Body servant instead of valet, for example.
I'm looking for a decent replacement word for "livery". I don't want to use uniform as there are military and military-adjacent people who would wear a uniform.
"A servant dressed in Mercia's colors" is one way I've addressed this but I find it unsatisfying and thought I'd ask here if anyone had some good ideas. Something based in Norwegian, other Scandinavian languages, or Old English would work, perhaps.
If this is better for the Sandbox, please punt it there.
Thank you!
I'm looking for a decent replacement word for "livery". I don't want to use uniform as there are military and military-adjacent people who would wear a uniform.
"A servant dressed in Mercia's colors" is one way I've addressed this but I find it unsatisfying and thought I'd ask here if anyone had some good ideas. Something based in Norwegian, other Scandinavian languages, or Old English would work, perhaps.
If this is better for the Sandbox, please punt it there.
Thank you!