Word Meanings - SUBTENANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.
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- TENANT
One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title - UNDERTENANT
The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee. - TENANTLESS
Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion. Shak. - TENANT SAW
See TENON - TENANTRY
1. The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom. 2. Tenancy. Ridley. - TENANTABLE
Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n. - TENEMENT
That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee. - TENEMENTARY
Capable of being leased; held by tenants. Spelman. - TENEMENTAL
Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants. Blackstone. - TER-TENANT
See TERRE-TENANT - CONTENEMENT
That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenetment, or thing holden, as a certin quantity of land a Burrill. - SUBLIEUTENANT
An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank. - TERRE-TENANT
One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. - LIEUTENANT
of tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum 1. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty. The lawful magistrate, who is the - LIEUTENANT GENERAL
. An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. Note: In the United States, before the civil war, this rank had been conferred only on George Washington and on Winfield Scott. In 1864 it was revived by Congress and - LIEUTENANTRY
See LIEUTENANCY - COTENANT
A tenant in common, or a joint tenant. - LIEUTENANTSHIP
See 1 - UNTENANT
To remove a tenant from. Coleridge. - APPURTENANT
Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. See under Common, n. - SUBTENANT
One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.