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hanaster

hanaster noun: a person paying the entrance fee of the guild merchant, and admitted as a freeman of the city of Oxford.

Noun

hanaster (plural hanasters)

  1. (UK, historical) A person paying the entrance fee of the guild merchant, and admitted as a freeman of the city of Oxford.
    • No trade gild might be started without the consent of the whole body of hanasters, who would insist that the regulations were not harmful to the burgesses as a whole; […]1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie, volume 71, page xxviii

Forms of hanaster

pluralhanasters
alternative formhanster

Questions about hanaster

What does hanaster mean?
Hanaster means a person paying the entrance fee of the guild merchant, and admitted as a freeman of the city of Oxford.
What part of speech is hanaster?
Hanaster is a noun.
What is the plural of hanaster?
The plural of hanaster is hanasters.

Words near hanaster in the dictionary

  1. Hanans
  2. hanap
  3. hanaper
  4. hanapers
  5. hanaps
  6. hanaster
  7. hanasters
  8. hanatoxin
  9. hanatoxins
  10. Hanauer
  11. Hanauers

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