Home › Words › P › palfreypalfrey/ˈpɔːl.fɹi/palfrey means A surname from Middle English.palfrey is pronounced /ˈpɔːl.fɹi/.EtymologyMetonymic occupational surname for a man responsible for the maintenance and provision of saddle-horses, from Middle English palfrey.nameA surname from Middle English.A suburb of Walsall, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0097).nounA small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.packhorse 62% match — A horse used as a pack animal. vs palfrey →horselet 60% match — A young or little horse; foal; pony. vs palfrey →padnag 60% match — An ambling nag (horse). vs palfrey →hackney 59% match — An ordinary horse. vs palfrey →ambler 59% match — A slow-moving, comfortable horse or mule. vs palfrey →prad 59% match — A horse. vs palfrey →pillion 59% match — A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider. vs palfrey →galloper 58% match — One who gallops. vs palfrey →