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socman

American  
[sok-muhn, sohk-] / ˈsɒk mən, ˈsoʊk- /

noun

plural

socmen
  1. sokeman.


socman British  
/ ˈsəʊk-, ˈsɒkmən, ˈsəʊkmən /

noun

  1. English history a tenant holding land by socage

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Etymology

Origin of socman

C16: from Anglo-Latin socmannus; see soke

Example Sentences

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The suitors of the court in their collective capacity come very characteristically to the front in the admittance of the socman, and it is on their communal testimony that the whole transaction has to rest.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

My brother Simon Edricson is socman there, and I go to bide with him for a while.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Oh that I were a minstrel, that I might put it into rhyme, with the whole romance—the luckless maid, the wicked socman, and the virtuous clerk!

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Was John de Boneya a socman bound to attend personally, or a hundredor, a hereditary representative of the village of Stocke?

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

In the status of the socman, developed from the law of Saxon free-men, there was usually nothing of the kind.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul