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[tensour]1 (s.xii)
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[tensour]1 (s.xii)

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tensor,  tensur  
  FEW:  *tensare *13/i,225a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  tenser (tensor 2)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  tenser n.  MED:  tenser n.  DMLBS:  tensarius 3402b

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protector, defender: 
( 1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) De la sustance al pecheor Est prozdom [e] garde e tensor (Latin: et custoditur iusto substantia peccatoris)  Salemon 8092
♦taxcollector of protection-money, tribute paid to a lord in return for protection: 
( MS: s.xii ) exactor: tensur vel punitor  TLL i 21

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See also:

tensement1  tenser1  tenserie 
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