leud
noun
a vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
leudes
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pluralof leud.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His men bound our hands, and the leudes were taking us back to the count when these good Vagres killed our captors and set us free.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
Here and there along the walls the rough weapons of the leudes are stacked up—wooden bucklers, iron-rimmed staves, 'francisques' or double-edged axes, 'haugons' or demi-pikes furnished with iron grappling hooks.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
"The count has with him twenty-four well armed leudes."
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
Order one of the count's leudes, one who can write, to step in.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
It is half an hour since the approach of Count Neroweg and his leudes was announced by the pickets.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
