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noun
A lord entitled to rent or feudal obligations from tenants but who himself owes rent or feudal obligations to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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noun
a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Lord, noble, nobleman
History
Distinguishing the nature of the lord as intermediate (Old French mesne, "middle"), particularly as opposed to lords paramount and tenants-in-chief.
Across languages
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