mesne
Speech parts
1. mesne - Noun
2. mesne - Adjective
Meaning
Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
lord
squire
laird
intermediate
householder
middle
medium
median
master
intervening
intermediary
beneficiary
landlady
interlocutory
medial
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