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witans

witans is the plural of witan.

Meaning of witan

Noun

witan (plural witans)

  1. The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.
    • But in estimating the powers of the witan, we must not lose sight of the fact, that the king sometimes assumes a tone of superiority scarcely consistent with its independence.1833, S. A. Dunham, Europe in the Middle Ages, Green & Longman, page 48

Questions about witans

What is witans the plural of?
Witans is the plural of witan.

Words near witans in the dictionary

  1. wit-mongers
  2. wit-wanton
  3. wit-wantons
  4. wit.
  5. witan
  6. witans
  7. Witbeck
  8. Witbecks
  9. witbier
  10. witbiers
  11. witblits

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