noun
Etymology: translation of Anglo-French seignior mesne, seignor mesne
English law : a lord who holds land of a superior and is tenant to the superior but lord to his own tenant
noun
Etymology: translation of Anglo-French seignior mesne, seignor mesne
English law : a lord who holds land of a superior and is tenant to the superior but lord to his own tenant
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012