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folklands

folklands is the plural of folkland.

Meaning of folkland

Noun

folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)

  1. (UK, historical) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
    • The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution

Questions about folklands

What is folklands the plural of?
Folklands is the plural of folkland.

Words near folklands in the dictionary

  1. folkishly
  2. folkishness
  3. folkism
  4. folkisms
  5. folkland
  6. folklands
  7. folklife
  8. folklike
  9. folklives
  10. folklore
  11. folklores

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