heretoga en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌheɹəˈtəʊɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English heretoga (“army leader, commander, general”). Doublet of heretog and herzog.
Meanings
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(historical) An Anglo-Saxon army leader or commander; a general; a duke.
Like the old heretogas, they possessed no authority but such as was accorded them by their fellow-tribesmen, though when once constituted they had a power co-ordinate with that of the folk-moot.
1890, James Kendall Hosmer, A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heretogas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |