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quitrenters

quitrenters is the plural of quitrenter.

Meaning of quitrenter

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

Questions about quitrenters

What is quitrenters the plural of?
Quitrenters is the plural of quitrenter.

Words near quitrenters in the dictionary

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

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