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tenantry

tenantry noun: the act or state of being a tenant.

Noun

tenantry (plural tenantries)

  1. The act or state of being a tenant.
    • The walls were never painted during my tenantry, becoming dingier and dingier as the years went by.
    Synonyms:
    tenantship
  2. (formal) The body of tenants on an estate.
    • Are you fond of peasants? My tenantry are delightful creatures, and there is not one of them who remembers the bringing of the news of the Battle of Waterloo. When a new Duchess is brought to Tankerton, the oldest elm in the park must be felled. That is one of many strange old customs. As she is...1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC

Synonyms of tenantry

Forms of tenantry

pluraltenantries

Origin of tenantry

From tenant + -ry.

Words formed from tenantry

Phrases with tenantry

Questions about tenantry

What does tenantry mean?
Tenantry means the act or state of being a tenant.
What part of speech is tenantry?
Tenantry is a noun.
What is the plural of tenantry?
The plural of tenantry is tenantries.

Words near tenantry in the dictionary

  1. tenantism
  2. tenantless
  3. tenantlessness
  4. tenantlike
  5. tenantries
  6. tenantry
  7. tenantry acre
  8. tenantry acres
  9. tenants
  10. tenants at will
  11. Tenants Harbor

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