rerefief

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word rerefief. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word rerefief, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say rerefief in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word rerefief you have here. The definition of the word rerefief will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofrerefief, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From French arrière-fief. See rear (“hinder”), and fief.

Pronunciation

Noun

rerefief (plural rerefiefs)

  1. (Scots law, historical) A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an undertenant.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rerefief”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia