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treague

/tɹiːɡ/

treague noun: a truce.

Noun

treague (plural treagues)

  1. (obsolete) A truce.
    • She them besought, during their quiet treague,
      Into her lodging to repaire a while […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • […] and as for any treague or cessation of arms the same is held no less dangerous, and that for sundry considerations, amongst the which these are not thought to be the least, that the frontiers must be still garrisoned, the soldiers paid and the[…]1899, Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K. G., etc. preserved at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire: Historical Manuscripts Commission. Presented to both Houses of...

Forms of treague

pluraltreagues

Origin of treague

From Medieval Latin treuga, from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “treaty, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (“fidelity; pledge”). More at true, truce.

Questions about treague

What does treague mean?
Treague means a truce.
What part of speech is treague?
Treague is a noun.
How do you pronounce treague?
Treague is pronounced /tɹiːɡ/.
What is the plural of treague?
The plural of treague is treagues.

Words near treague in the dictionary

  1. treadwear
  2. Treadwell
  3. Treadwells
  4. treadwheel
  5. treadwheels
  6. treague
  7. treagues
  8. Trealaw
  9. Treanor
  10. Treanors
  11. treant

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