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gersums

gersums is the plural of gersum.

Meaning of gersum

Noun

gersum (plural gersums)

  1. (historical) A lump sum paid by individuals who take a lease of landed property in England.
    • […]but now it paieth ſeauentie pounds by weight to the King, and an hundred ſhillings for a *Gerſume to the Queene;1610, William Camden, “Northfolke”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […]...

Questions about gersums

What is gersums the plural of?
Gersums is the plural of gersum.

Words near gersums in the dictionary

  1. Gerstner waves
  2. Gerstners
  3. Gersts
  4. Gerstungen
  5. gersum
  6. gersums
  7. gert
  8. gert lush
  9. Gertaldi
  10. gertcha
  11. Gerth

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