name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
heriot
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/ˈhɛɹɪət/
name
Meaning 2
A scattered settlement in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically part of Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3952 to NT4054).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A settlement in West Otago, New Zealand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The return of military equipment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
A payment made to a lord on the death of a tenant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: herezeld
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noun
Meaning 6
A tribute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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verb
Meaning 7
To pay the heriot on (a piece of real estate) after the death of the previous tenant (such as one's parent, uncle, aunt, or grandparent).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare, transitive
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History
Etymology
From Old English hereġeatwa (“military equipment, army gear”). Per Etymonline: "An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; sense transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts."