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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mediaeval land division in Wales.

   "The foresitter of a cantref, namely the footholder, gives a vat of bragget to the king each year."

Example

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"The foresitter of a cantref, namely the footholder, gives a vat of bragget to the king each year."

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cantref, from cant (“hundred”) + tref (“village, settlement”), the notional basis of the division.

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