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ˈmolman Obs. exc. Hist.
Pl. molmen.
[late OE. *málman, f. mál mail n.1 + man. Cf. Sc. mail-man.]
A holder of molland; one who held land for which he paid rent in commutation of servile customs.
1277Ely Survey in Vinogradoff Villainage 442 De consuetudinariis qui vocantur Molmen. 1291Inquisition 19 Edw. I (Rec. Office) ibid. 186 Liberi tenentes per cartam. Liberi tenentes qui vocantur fresokemen. Sokemanni qui vocantur molmen. Custumarii qui vocantur werkmen. 1892Vinogradoff Villainage in Engl. 184 The word mal-men or mol-men is commonly used in the feudal period for villains who have been released from most of their services by the lord on condition of paying certain rents. |