tenant-in-chief (English, noun)
expansion: tenant-in-chief (plural tenants-in-chief)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: A tenant holding title to their land directly from a lord paramount beholden to no-one; particularly, a lord holding title directly from the king, owing additional responsibilities such as personal military service.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: tenants-in-chief
tags: plural