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Definition of Homager
1. n. One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal.
Definition of Homager
1. Noun. one who pays (or already did so) feudal homage, hence a vassal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homager
1. a feudal vassal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Homager
1. One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Origin: From Homage: cf. F. Hommager. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homager
Literary usage of Homager
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1878)
"became the homager of King Charles, accepted a s61—ss6 Benefice or Fief, and was
baptized, together with ,-^A—N his family and followers. trivial, ..."
2. Shakespeare's Industry by Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1916)
"SHAKESPEARE, homager OF ROWINGTON. A NEW NOTICE OF HIS NAME. WE do not know why
Shakespeare bought the little cottage at the foot of Chapel Lane, ..."
3. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1898)
"... homager, has one plough there, and one villano and three ... homager, hue half
a plough there, ..."
4. Reeves' History of the English Law: From the Time of the Romans, to the End by John Reeves, William Francis Finlason (1879)
"And he thought that the law allowed a lord, by the judgment of his court, to call
upon and distrain his homager to come to his court; ..."
5. De Jure Maritimo Et Navali: Or, A Treatise of Affairs Maritime, and of by Charles Molloy (1744)
"21. b. dom or Territories as homager and ... the Time of his being homager : So
the Welch were inheritable in England ... where fuch • Prince is homager ..."
6. A Translation of Glanville by Ranulf de Glanville, John Beames (1812)
"It may also be enquired, whether a Lord can distrain his homager to appear in Court,
... And thus the Lord and his homager may proceed to the Duel, ..."
7. The Reports and Arguments [1665-1674] of that Learned Judge, Sir John by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Edward Vaughan (1706)
"... Ш0 Kingdom 02 Territories 60 homager ano Liegeman to tbe ... of $0 being homager.
g>o toe Welch torre ..."
8. Domesday; Or, An Actual Survey of South-Britain,: By the Commissioners of edited by Samuel Henshall, John Wilkinson (1799)
"Hugh, a homager of William, holds three hides of this ... This homager has two
hides, but he has no Court or ..."
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