socager
/ˈsɑkɪdʒər/
noun
- In medieval English law, a tenant who held land by socage (a type of land tenure involving payment of rent or services other than military service).
- The socager had more freedom than a serf but still owed duties to the lord.
- The socager paid his rent in grain rather than serving as a knight.
- In the Domesday Book, many villagers were listed as socagers.
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