heriots
Meaning of heriots
plural noun
a tribute paid to a lord out of the belongings of a tenant who died, often consisting of a live animal or, originally, military equipment that he borrowed.
Old English heregeatwa, from here ‘army’ + geatwa ‘trappings’.
Information about heriots
- It is a name.
- The singular form of heriots is: heriot.
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Hyphenation of heriots
heri-ots
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- heriots is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of heriots
hoister, rehoist, shortie, toshier
Words that rhyme with heriots
symbiots, Candiots, idiots, stradiots, Corfiots, galiots, galliots, Cypriots, Hydriots, antiriots, chariots, compatriots, copatriots, cypriots, griots, loriots, patriots, riots, superpatriots, timariots, Cheviots, cheviots
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