Standard Lemma guide

leud

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ljuːd/
  • /luːd/ yod-dropping
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  • rhymes with -uːd
  • homophone: lewd

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noun

Meaning 1

A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: antrustion

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1léwdhis (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”) (modern German Leute), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Old English lēod (“chief, man”). Doublet of lede.