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wadsetters

wadsetters is the plural of wadsetter.

Meaning of wadsetter

Noun

wadsetter (plural wadsetters)

  1. (Scotland) A person who holds tenure by wadset.
    • “[…] he had land and living, kept himself close from wadsetters and money-lenders, paid each man his due, and lived on his own.”1819, Walter Scott, chapter 6, in The Bride of Lammermoor

Questions about wadsetters

What is wadsetters the plural of?
Wadsetters is the plural of wadsetter.

Words near wadsetters in the dictionary

  1. wadset
  2. wadsets
  3. wadsett
  4. wadsetted
  5. wadsetter
  6. wadsetters
  7. wadsetting
  8. wadsetts
  9. Wadsley
  10. Wadsley Bridge
  11. wadsleyite

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