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tenantry en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English tenant Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English tenantry From tenant + -ry.

Meanings

1. The act or state of being a tenant.
   • The walls were never painted during my tenantry, becoming dingier and dingier as the years went by.
2. (formal) The body of tenants on an estate.
   • Are you fond of peasants? My tenantry are delightful creatures, and there is not one of them who remembers the bringing of the news of the Battle of Waterloo. When a new Duchess is brought to Tankerton, the oldest elm in the park must be felled. That is one of many strange old customs. As she is driven through the village, the children of the tenantry must strew the road with daisies. 1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

tenantry acre

Relateds

tenancy

Synonyms

tenantship

Translations (4)

gd tuath (the state or act of being a tenant) · fi vuokralla asuminen (the state or act of being a tenant) · fi vuokralaisuus (the state or act of being a tenant) · gv tannystys (the state or act of being a tenant)