Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knight's fee

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: knight's fee
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.

noun

The specific amount of land giving rise to such requirements generally, being sometimes a hide or less and sometimes six or more hides.

Inflected Forms

knights' fees (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

knight service serjeanty

Questions

What does knight's fee mean?: A kind of land tenure requiring military service to the land's chief lord as an obligation to maintain possession.

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