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truage

/ˈtɹuːɪd͡ʒ/

truage noun: tribute, as paid to a ruler or superior.

Noun

truage (countable and uncountable, plural truages)

  1. (obsolete) Tribute, as paid to a ruler or superior.
  2. (obsolete) A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax.
    • For when he hath wonne a countrey, towne, or sygnory, he desyreth nothynge but truage […]1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles

Forms of truage

pluraltruages
alternative formtrewage

Origin of truage

From Old French treuage, from treüd (from Latin tribūtum (“tribute”)) + -age.

Questions about truage

What does truage mean?
Truage means tribute, as paid to a ruler or superior.
What part of speech is truage?
Truage is a noun.
How do you pronounce truage?
Truage is pronounced /ˈtɹuːɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of truage?
The plural of truage is truages.

Words near truage in the dictionary

  1. TRT
  2. TRTO
  3. tru
  4. tru dat
  5. tru-
  6. truage
  7. truages
  8. truancies
  9. truancy
  10. truand
  11. truands

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