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Tha·ne or Tha·na  (tän)

A city of west-central India, a manufacturing suburb of Mumbai (Bombay). Population: 1,260,000.

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thane  (thn)

n.

1.

a. A freeman granted land by the king in return for military service in Anglo-Saxon England.

b. A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England.

2. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.

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[Middle English, from Old English thegn; see tek- in Indo-European roots.]

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thaneship n.

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thane

Noun

1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a nobleman who held land from the king or from a superior nobleman in return for certain services

2. (in medieval Scotland) a person of rank holding land from the king [Old English thegn]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thane - a feudal lord or baron Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts noble, nobleman, Lord - a titled peer of the realm
	2.	thane - a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land) citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community