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noun
The leader or commander of an army in Saxon times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A marshal in Anglo-Saxon times
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From Middle English heretogh, heretoȝe, from Old English heretoga, heretoha (“commander, general”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō, equivalent to here (“army”) + tog. Doublet of heretoga (borrowed from Old English) and herzog (borrowed from the German cognate Herzog (“duke”)).
