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name
A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: citizen
noun
a feudal lord or baron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Lord, noble, nobleman
History
Transliteration of Marathi ठाणे (ṭhāṇe). Doublet of thana.
From Middle English theyn, thein, þein, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to give birth”); akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon, “child”).
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
