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leud

/ljuːd/

leud noun: a Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.

Noun

leud (plural leuds or leudes)

  1. (historical) A Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.
    • The authority belonged, at one and the same time, to assemblies of free men, to landholders over the dwellers on their domains, and to the king over the leudes and their following.1905, François P.G. Guizot, “Career of Charlemagne”, in Rossiter Johnson, Charles F. Horne, John Rudd, editors, The Great Events by Famous Historians, volume 4
    Synonyms:
    antrustion

Synonyms of leud

Forms of leud

pluralleuds
pluralleudes

Origin of leud

1750, from Medieval Latin leudēs pl (“vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”). Cognate with Old High German liuti (“people, subordinates”) (modern German Leute), Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs), Old English lēod (“chief, man”). Doublet of lede.

Words that rhyme with leud

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Questions about leud

What does leud mean?
Leud means a Frankish vassal or tenant in the Early Middle Ages.
What part of speech is leud?
Leud is a noun.
How do you pronounce leud?
Leud is pronounced /ljuːd/.
What is the plural of leud?
The plural of leud is leuds.

Words near leud in the dictionary

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  3. leucylthreonine
  4. leucyltransferase
  5. leucæmia
  6. leud
  7. Leudal
  8. leudes
  9. leuds
  10. leuenkephalin
  11. Leugers

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