feoffee

[fef-ee, fee-fee]

feoff·ee

[fef-ee, fee-fee]
noun
a person invested with a fief.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English feoffe < Anglo-French, past participle of feoffer to feoff; see -ee

feoff·ee·ship, noun
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Feoffee is always a great word to know.
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feoffee (fɛˈfiː, fiːˈfiː)
 
n
(in feudal society) a vassal granted a fief by his lord

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