manrent

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A contract, usually military and between Scottish clans, in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection, a stronger lord or clan. Scotland,countable,historical,uncountable
    — Although there is no precise statistical analysis of assythments, bonds of manrent were only very rarely used in such circumstances.

词形变化

manrents plural

词源

Borrowed from Middle Scots manrent, from Northern Middle English manreden, from Old English manrǣden. Doublet of manred.
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