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A tenant who holds at the will or pleasure of the lessor. Also figurative.
A body or class of people who have been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; tenants at will. Also as a count noun: a…
A person who has been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; a tenant at will. Cf. ahoi, n. (the usual plural form).