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leuds

leuds 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 leuds

What is leuds the plural of?
Leuds is the plural of leud.

Words near leuds in the dictionary

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

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