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Definition of: thane
(thān) noun
1. Originally, a warrior companion of an English king before the Conquest.
2. Later, a man who ranked above an ordinary freeman or ceorl (churl) but below an earl or nobleman.
3. Scot. The chief of a clan; a baron; one of the old nobility in the service of the king. Also spelled thegn. [OE thegn]
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