fielden

comparative more fielden · superlative most fielden · alternative fieldone

1. obsoletePertaining to the countryside; rural.First known use 15th–18th c.
2. Characterized by open fields and an agricultural economy; agricultural.First known use 17th c.

   The reader should remember that husbandmen in fielden parishes formed a majority of the rural population.

   1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 33

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   Religious ignorance was probably particularly common in the heath and forest areas, where society was less rigid and disciplined than in the stable, nucleated villages of the fielden communities.

   1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 160

alternative fieldone

1. obsoleteField land.First known use 17th–18th c.

plural Fieldens

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States.