Meaning of geneat | Babel Free
Definitions
A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.
Examples
“The tenants, cotsetlas, geburs, and geneats, were the highest among the semiservile.”
“The right of the husbandman was a share right, his name was Geneat or sharer in the vill.”
“In each manor there is the same division into land in demesne and land in villainage, the inland and the geneat land.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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