Usually means: Anglo-Saxon nobleman serving the king.
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  1. thegn: Merriam-Webster
  2. thegn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thegn: Collins English Dictionary
  4. thegn: Wordnik
  5. thegn: Wiktionary
  6. thegn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. thegn: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. thegn: Dictionary.com
  9. thegn: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Thegn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Thegn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. thegn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Thegn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. thegn: FreeDictionary.org
  15. thegn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Thegn)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of thane [(historical) A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.]

Similar:
thane, thanehood, Thean, eorl, Thain, Norman, Thorman, Thynne, Thoren, Thorne, more...

Opposite:
villein, serf, peasant

Types:
ealdorman, earl, king, duke, lord, baron, knight, more...

Adjectives:
english, old, young, great, northumbrian, lesser, medial, ordinary, bower, faithful, danish
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Similar:
thane, thanehood, Thean, eorl, Thain, Norman, Thorman, Thynne, Thoren, Thorne, more...

Opposite:
villein, serf, peasant

Types:
ealdorman, earl, king, duke, lord, baron, knight, more...

Adjectives:
english, old, young, great, northumbrian, lesser, medial, ordinary, bower, faithful, danish



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