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mandred

mandred is the obsolete form of manred.

Meaning of manred

Noun (1)

manred (countable and uncountable, plural manreds)

  1. (historical) Vassals collectively; the men a feudal lord can call upon in wartime.
    • There he was joined by his sons and addition troops, almost certainly more of the Dudley manred from the Midlands.2009, Eric William Ives, “The March on Framlingham”, in Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 203
  2. (obsolete) Homage, allegiance; support of one's feudal superior.
  3. (obsolete, rare) The leader of a troop or retinue.

Noun (2)

manred (uncountable)

  1. (Celtic paganism) The primal substance of the Universe
    • They were made of the manred, that is, of the elements in the extremities of their particles and smallest atom … God was in each of the particles of the manred, […]2003, Kennth Morris, “Druidism”, in G. De Purucker, editor, Theosophical Path Magazine, January to June 1930, Kessinger Publishing, →ISBN, page 131

Questions about mandred

What is mandred the obsolete form of?
Mandred is the obsolete form of manred.

Words near mandred in the dictionary

  1. mandragorites
  2. mandrake
  3. mandrakes
  4. mandraulic
  5. mandrax
  6. mandred
  7. mandrel
  8. mandreled
  9. mandreling
  10. Mandrell
  11. mandrelled

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