feoffee
/fɛˈfiː/
feoffee noun: a vassal holding a fief.
Noun
feoffee (plural feoffees)
- A vassal holding a fief.
- […] this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lex loci rei sitae.1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
Forms of feoffee
| plural | feoffees |
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Origin of feoffee
From feoff + -ee (“(object)”).
Words formed from feoffee
Words that rhyme with feoffee
Questions about feoffee
- What does feoffee mean?
- Feoffee means a vassal holding a fief.
- What part of speech is feoffee?
- Feoffee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce feoffee?
- Feoffee is pronounced /fɛˈfiː/.
- What is the plural of feoffee?
- The plural of feoffee is feoffees.
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