Meanings
nounfeuar (plural feuars)
plural feuars
- ScotlandhistoricallawOne who holds a feu.
In 1835 he cleared the green by giving his sixty tenants, or feuars, land behind their cottages[.]
1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 41 more example
These out-field spots were selected by any feuar at his own choice, amongst the sheep-walks and hills which were always annexed to the Township
1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Scotsfeuar
- Englishfeuar
Borrowed from Scots feuar. By surface analysis, feu + -ar.
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APA
feuar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feuar
MLA
“feuar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feuar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feuar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feuar.
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