Usually means: Holder of land from monarch.
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  1. tenant-in-chief, tenant-in-chief: Collins English Dictionary
  2. tenant-in-chief: Wiktionary
  3. tenant-in-chief: Dictionary.com
  4. Tenant-in-chief: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. tenant-in-chief: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. TENANT-in-CHIEF: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tenant-in-chief)

noun:  (law, historical) 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.

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