maisnee

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French maisnee

Noun

maisnee f (plural maisnees)

household; house

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mansio.

Noun

maisnee f (oblique plural maisnees, nominative singular maisnee, nominative plural maisnees)

household; estate
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette':
  Qu’ele avoit mesniee molt bele.
  That she had a very beautiful household.

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