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A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of…A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Old English ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; depenLearned borrowing from Old English ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord”). Cognate with German Genosse (“comrade, etc.”)
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