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betaghs

betaghs is the plural of betagh.

Meaning of betagh

Noun

betagh (plural betaghs)

  1. (Ireland, historical) A tenant that provides food for a household. On Anglo-Norman manors, these workers were servile to their lords.
    • Their unfree status meant not only unfavourable tenurial conditions for the betaghs but also incapacity to plead on their own behalf in the king's courts where they were represented instead by their lord.1999, Brendan Smith, Colonisation and Conquest in Medieval Ireland: The English in Louth, 1170-1330, Cambridge University Press, page 79

Questions about betaghs

What is betaghs the plural of?
Betaghs is the plural of betagh.

Words near betaghs in the dictionary

  1. betafunctions
  2. betag
  3. betagged
  4. betagging
  5. betagh
  6. betaghs
  7. betaglobin
  8. betaglobins
  9. betaglucosidase
  10. betaglycan
  11. betaglycans

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