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leudes

/luːdiːz/

leudes is the plural of leud.

Meaning of leud

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

Questions about leudes

What is leudes the plural of?
Leudes is the plural of leud.
How do you pronounce leudes?
Leudes is pronounced /luːdiːz/.

Words near leudes in the dictionary

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

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