mesne
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mesne
- /miːn/
Sounds like mean, mien · Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman mesne, a variant of moien. Doublet of mean.
adjective
- Intermediate. a mesne lord
noun mesnes
- A mesne lord. Lord, mesne, and tenant; the tenant holdeth by four pence, and the mesne by twelve pence.
