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eleet

eleet is the dated form of leet.

Meaning of leet

Noun (1)

leet (plural leets)

  1. (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.

Noun (2)

leet (plural leets)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.

Noun (3)

leet (plural leets)

  1. (UK) The European pollock.
    • The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.1854, William Hughes, A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, page 27

Noun (4)

leet (plural leets)

  1. (obsolete) A place where roads meet or cross; intersection

See all 10 meanings of leet

Forms of eleet

comparativemore eleet
superlativemost eleet

Questions about eleet

What is eleet the dated form of?
Eleet is the dated form of leet.

Words near eleet in the dictionary

  1. eleemosynars
  2. eleemosynary
  3. eleemosynary corporation
  4. eleemosynary corporations
  5. eleemosynous
  6. eleet
  7. Elefen
  8. Elefsina
  9. elegaic
  10. elegance
  11. elegances

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