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tenant-in-chief

tenant-in-chief noun: a tenant holding title to their land directly from a lord paramount beholden to no-one; particularly, a lord holding title directly from the king, owing additional responsibilities such as personal military service.

Noun

tenant-in-chief (plural tenants-in-chief)

  1. (historical) A tenant holding title to their land directly from a lord paramount beholden to no-one; particularly, a lord holding title directly from the king, owing additional responsibilities such as personal military service.
    Synonyms:
    vassal-in-chief

Synonyms of tenant-in-chief

Forms of tenant-in-chief

pluraltenants-in-chief

Questions about tenant-in-chief

What does tenant-in-chief mean?
Tenant-in-chief means a tenant holding title to their land directly from a lord paramount beholden to no-one; particularly, a lord holding title directly from the king, owing additional responsibilities such as personal military service.
What part of speech is tenant-in-chief?
Tenant-in-chief is a noun.
What is the plural of tenant-in-chief?
The plural of tenant-in-chief is tenants-in-chief.

Words near tenant-in-chief in the dictionary

  1. tenant farmer
  2. tenant farmers
  3. tenant in common
  4. tenant saw
  5. tenant saws
  6. tenant-in-chief
  7. tenant-right
  8. tenantable
  9. tenantableness
  10. tenanted
  11. tenanting

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