esne

[ ez-nee, -ne ]

/ ˈɛz ni, -nɛ /

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noun

(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.

RELATED WORDS

serf, liege, slave, dependent, thrall, beneficiary, peasant, subordinate, varlet, tenant, subject, helot, liegeman, bondman

Nearby words

esmeralda, esmeraldas, esmolol hydrochloride, esmond, esn, esne, esnecy, eso, eso-, esoethmoiditis, esogastritis

Origin of esne

before 950; < Old English; cognate with Old High German asni, Gothic asneis day laborer, harvester, akin to asans harvest

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Then to Esne to return the visit of my amiable friend, the governor; him of the flowers.
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