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feu

name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /fjuː/
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  • rhymes with -uː
  • homophone: few

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Far Eastern University.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Land held in feudal tenure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Qualifier: Scots law

Topics: law, property

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of forty-foot equivalent unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: Scots law

Examples

  • 1813, "Keith", Entry in Nicholas Carlisle, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Volume II, unnumbered page, The Village of OLD KEITH is of ancient date, having been partly feued by the predecessors of the Family of Forbes, and partly feued by the Ministers, and stands upon the glebe: this Village is greatly on the decline, and almost a ruin.—About the year 1750, the late Lord FINDLATER divided a barren Muir, and feued it out in small lots [...] .
  • 1841, Alexander Dunlop, J. M. Bell, John Murray, James Donaldson (reporters), Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Volume 3, 2nd Series, page 620, The prohibition of feuing beyond a certain extent was clearly implied; [...] .

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History

Etymology

From Middle English feu, from Middle French fé (“fief”), fié, fief, fieu, from Latin feodum.