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quitrenter

quitrenter noun: one who possesses land in return for the payment of a quitrent.

Noun

quitrenter (plural quitrenters)

  1. One who possesses land in return for the payment of a quitrent.
    • According to the proposals that Deputy Governor Lawrie drew up for the Scots, any tenant who was willing to transport himself to East Jersey would be granted both land and stock for fourteen years, paying half of the increase on the stock to the proprietors during the second half of that term. As...2014, Ned C. Landsman, Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683-1765, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 111

Forms of quitrenter

pluralquitrenters
alternative formquit-renter

Origin of quitrenter

From quitrent + -er.

Questions about quitrenter

What does quitrenter mean?
Quitrenter means one who possesses land in return for the payment of a quitrent.
What part of speech is quitrenter?
Quitrenter is a noun.
What is the plural of quitrenter?
The plural of quitrenter is quitrenters.

Words near quitrenter in the dictionary

  1. quitlines
  2. Quitman
  3. Quitman County
  4. Quito
  5. quitrent
  6. quitrenter
  7. quitrenters
  8. quitrents
  9. quits
  10. quits scores
  11. quits the oxygen habit

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