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messuages

messuages is the plural of messuage.

Meaning of messuage

Noun

messuage (plural messuages)

  1. Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.
    • Dying intestate, Juan was sole heir / To a chancery suit, and messuages, and lands, / Which, with a long minority and care, / Promised to turn out well in proper hands: […]1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza XXXVII, page 21
    Synonyms:
    mease

Phrases with messuages

Questions about messuages

What is messuages the plural of?
Messuages is the plural of messuage.

Words near messuages in the dictionary

  1. Messrs. Right
  2. Messrs. Wrong
  3. messtin
  4. messtins
  5. messuage
  6. messuages
  7. messup
  8. messups
  9. messy
  10. messyish
  11. MEST

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Adapted from Wiktionary: messuages (page history and authors); messuage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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