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marketstead

marketstead noun: a marketplace.

Noun

marketstead (plural marketsteads)

  1. (obsolete) A marketplace.
    • Putting their Vaward on, and their best Archers plac’d
      The Market-sted about, and them so fitly laid.1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 44

Forms of marketstead

pluralmarketsteads

Origin of marketstead

From market + stead.

Questions about marketstead

What does marketstead mean?
Marketstead means a marketplace.
What part of speech is marketstead?
Marketstead is a noun.
What is the plural of marketstead?
The plural of marketstead is marketsteads.

Words near marketstead in the dictionary

  1. marketshare
  2. marketshares
  3. Marketsite
  4. marketspace
  5. marketspaces
  6. marketstead
  7. marketsteads
  8. marketting
  9. markettings
  10. marketwide
  11. marketwise

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