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sokeman

[sohk-muhn]

noun, plural soke·men.

a tenant holding land in socage.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin sokemannus < Old English sōcn soke + man man¹

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socman or sokeman (ˈsɒkmən, ˈsəʊk-, ˈsəʊkmən)

—n , pl -men
	English history a tenant holding land by socage

[C16: from Anglo-Latin socmannus; see soke]

sokeman or sokeman

—n

[C16: from Anglo-Latin socmannus; see soke]

sokeman (ˈsəʊkmən)

—n , pl -men
	(in the Danelaw) a freeman enjoying extensive rights, esp over his land

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