† feemann.
Obsolete.
A vassal.
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society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > vassal
manlOE
subjectc1350
liegemana1375
liege1377
feudary1387
servant?a1400
vassala1400
feedmanc1460
sidesman1462
feeman1517
feudatary1586
feudatory1765
leud1812
geneat1861
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > one holding in feu
feudary1387
feedmanc1460
vassal1474
feeman1517
feala1572
feudatary1586
feuar1597
feudist1610
beneficiary1611
feudatory1765
feudee1875
1517 Will of Wyllyam Grigge (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/18) f. 262 One of the Feemen wt our soveraigne Lorde the Kyng.
Derivatives
ˈfeemanly adv. as befits a vassal.
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society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [adjective] > of or relating to vassal
feemanly1509
vassal1598
feudatory1861
vassalic1897
1509 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 233 And also he shall kepe upon the saide graunge, trewly and femanlye, lx kye.
feemanship n. the state or condition of a vassal.
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society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > vassal > condition of
bondheada1400
servitudec1500
feemanship1509
vassalship1578
vassalage1594
envassalage1646
vassaldom1876
1509 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 233 His office or service of husbandry and femanshipe.
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