English Explanatory Dictionary

mesne lord

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lord entitled to rent or feudal obligations from tenants but who himself owes rent or feudal obligations to another.

Word forms

mesne lord mesne lords lord mesne

Etymology

Distinguishing the nature of the lord as intermediate (Old French mesne, "middle"), particularly as opposed to lords paramount and tenants-in-chief.

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