What is another word for Feoffee?

Pronunciation: [fˈiːfiː] (IPA)

Feoffee is an archaic term used to refer to a person who held land of a lord or monarch in feudal times. Synonyms for feoffee include landholder, landowner, landlord, proprietor, and occupant. Another synonym could be tenant or lessee, as these terms also refer to individuals who have the legal right to occupy and use a piece of land. For a more specialized usage, the term grantee could also be a synonym for feoffee, as it denotes a person receiving a grant of land from a grantor. Overall, feoffee is a term that has largely fallen out of use, and is more likely to be encountered in historical documents or literature than in modern conversation.

What are the hypernyms for Feoffee?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Feoffee

After the death of the Feoffee the grant reverted to the State; and the governor thereupon disposed of it anew.
"The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes"
Tomás de Comyn Fedor Jagor Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow Charles Wilkes
Consequently I must again vindicate love for myself, and deliver it out of the power of Man with the great M. What was originally mine, but accidentally mine, instinctively mine, I was invested with as the property of Man; I became Feoffee in loving, I became the retainer of mankind, only a specimen of this species, and acted, loving, not as I, but as man, as a specimen of man, i.
"The Ego and His Own"
Max Stirner

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