The piece of arable land (of about 5 acres) held along with his cot by the Old English cotset or cottar.

A knight's estate or property.

An estate belonging to a laird.

The tenure by which lands were held by a thane; the land held by a thane, a thane-land; also the rank, office, or jurisdiction of a thane.

A marquisate. In quot.: the March of Ancona; cf. march, n.3 7.

The office or position of pittancer; the estate administered by a pittancer.

= marquisate, n.

= marquisate, n.

In some continental European countries: the territorial lordship or possessions of a marquis or margrave. Also (in extended use): the territory or…

French History. The territory or fief of a peer. Obsolete.

The territory or fief of a French peer. Now historical.

An estate held by a vavasour.

(See also thegn-land n. at thegn, n. derivatives.) Land held by a thane, or by military tenure.

= marquisate, n. Also used as an honorific title (as your marquisship, etc.).

In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: the domain of or district overseen by a starosta (starosta, n. 2).

Scottish. A piece of common land allotted by certain communities to freemen, or to other appropriately qualified members. Now historical and rare.

The territory or fief of a peer. Obsolete.

In South India: an estate or territory held by a poligar. Frequently in plural (with modifying word or capital initial): a specific group of such…

The landed estate granted to a senator under the consulate and the first empire.

The estate of a squire.

In France, Spain, Italy, and some other countries: an entailment of an estate by primogeniture; an estate attached to the right of primogeniture.

The residence or estate of a duke; spec. (usually plural, the Dukeries) a district in Nottinghamshire containing several ducal estates.

The office or position of patroon; the estate of a patroon (patroon, n. 4).

The act of squatting; land occupied by squatting.