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Tenaunt — Recorded as Tenant, Tenaunt and Tennant, this is an English status surname. It originally described a husbandman, the later description being a farmer, or one who held lands from an overlord. The derivation is from the pre 10th century Olde… … Surnames reference
tenaunte — tenaunt(e obs. form of tenant, tenon1 … Useful english dictionary
freeholder — /free hohl deuhr/, n. 1. the owner of a freehold. 2. (in some U.S. counties) a registered voter who owns local property and has been a local resident for a specified length of time. [1325 75; ME freholder (see FREE, HOLDER); trans. of AF fraunc… … Universalium
Dennant — This interesting and unusual surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a dialectal variant of Tennant, which is a status name for a farmer who held his land from an overlord by obligations of rent or service. The derivation of the name… … Surnames reference
Tenant — Recorded as Tenant, Tenaunt and Tennant, this is an English status surname. It originally described a husbandman, the later description being a farmer, or one who held lands from an overlord. The derivation is from the pre 10th century Olde… … Surnames reference
Tennant — Recorded as Tenant, Tenaunt and Tennant, this is an English status surname. It originally described a husbandman, the later description being a farmer, or one who held lands from an overlord. The derivation is from the pre 10th century Olde… … Surnames reference
terre tenant — / ter , tər / n [Anglo French terre tenaunt freeholder, from Old French terre land + tenant holding, from present participle of tenir to hold]: one in actual possession of land; specif: one who purchases land after a lien of mortgage or judgment… … Law dictionary
tenant — early 14c., person who holds lands by title or by lease, from Anglo Fr. tenaunt (late 13c.), O.Fr. tenant (12c.), noun use of prp. of tenir to hold, from L. tenere hold, keep (see TENET (Cf. tenet)) … Etymology dictionary
tenant — /ˈtɛnənt / (say tenuhnt) noun 1. someone who holds land, a house, or the like, from the owner for a period of time, as a lessee or occupant for rent. 2. an occupant or inhabitant of any place. –verb (t) 3. to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; …
tenant — [ten′ənt] n. [ME tenaunt < OFr tenant, orig. prp. of tenir, to hold < L tenere, to hold < IE base * ten , to pull, stretch > THIN] 1. a person who pays rent to occupy or use land, a building, etc. 2. an occupant of or dweller in a… … English World dictionary
