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heretoch

heretoch is the alternative form of heretog.

Meaning of heretog

Noun

heretog (plural heretogs)

  1. (historical) The leader or commander of an army in Saxon times.
  2. (historical) A marshal in Anglo-Saxon times
    • In the time of our Saxon ancestors, as appears from Edward the Confessor’s laws, the military force of this kingdom was in the hands of the dukes or heretochs, who were constituted through every province and county in the kingdom.William Blackstone, volume 1

Forms of heretoch

pluralheretochs

Questions about heretoch

What is heretoch the alternative form of?
Heretoch is the alternative form of heretog.

Words near heretoch in the dictionary

  1. hereticks
  2. heretics
  3. heretike
  4. heretikes
  5. hereto
  6. heretoch
  7. heretochs
  8. heretofore
  9. heretoforetime
  10. heretog
  11. heretoga

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heretoch (page history and authors); heretog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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