feoffee

F4E1O1F4F4E1E1
/fɛˈfiː//ˈfɛfi//fiːˈfiː/

noun

A vassal holding a fief.

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Meanings

nounfeoffee (plural feoffees)

plural feoffees

  1. A vassal holding a fief.

    […] this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lex loci rei sitae.

    1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

Origin

From feoff + -ee (“(object)”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with feoffee

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Cite this entry
APA

feoffee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feoffee

MLA

“feoffee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feoffee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feoffee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feoffee.

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