heretoga

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UK/ˌheɹəˈtəʊɡə/

noun

An Anglo-Saxon army leader or commander; a general; a duke.

OriginOld English heretoga →
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Meanings

nounheretoga (plural heretogas)

plural heretogas

  1. historicalAn Anglo-Saxon army leader or commander; a general; a duke.

    Like the old heretogas, they possessed no authority but such as was accorded them by their fellow-tribesmen, though when once constituted they had a power co-ordinate with that of the folk-moot.

    1890, James Kendall Hosmer, A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom

Origin

  1. Old Englishheretoga“army leader, commander, general”
  2. Englishheretoga

Learned borrowing from Old English heretoga (“army leader, commander, general”). Doublet of heretog and herzog.

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APA

heretoga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heretoga

MLA

“heretoga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heretoga. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heretoga,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heretoga.

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