English Explanatory Dictionary

geneat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.

Word forms

geneat geneats

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord”). Cognate with German Genosse (“comrade, etc.”)

Derived words

geneatland
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