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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent..
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.
Use geneat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Geneat means (historical) A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent..
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The tenants, cotsetlas, geburs, and geneats, were the highest among the semiservile.
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