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Headright Uncommon

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions
Noun
1

A legal grant to own unsettled land in colonial America, or the land so claimed.

See Also
land grant america
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Rhyming Words
ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight
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