hoghenhine
/hɒɡ(ə)nhʌɪn/Law. historical
noun
A person who has stayed in a household for three nights, and so becomes the legal responsibility of the host; a member of a household; a dependant.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Cowell (1554–1611), civil lawyer. From early Middle English aȝen hine (also oȝen hine), lit. ‘own servant’, member of one's own household from own + hine, variant of hind, via representations of this early Middle English phrase in Latin and Anglo-Norman texts.
- incommensurably
- incommensurate
- incommensurately
- incommensurateness
- in commission
- incommode
- incommodious
- incommodiously
- incommodiousness
- in common
- in common with
- incommunicability
- incommunicable
- incommunicableness
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- incommunicado
- incommunicative
- incommutable
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- in company
- in company with
- incomparability
- incomparable
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- incompatibility