vintenary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From vintenar +‎ -y.

Noun[edit]

vintenary (plural vintenaries)

  1. A unit of twenty infantrymen in medieval England, commanded by a vintenar.

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References[edit]

  • Whiting, Roger: Crime and Punishment: A Study Across Time, p. 19, 1987
  • Gordon, Corrigan: A Great and Glorious Adventure: A Military History of the Hundred Years War, p. 74, 2013