English dictionary
mesne
/m/i/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Middle; intervening; as, a <i>mesne</i> lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a <i>tenant</i> to the superior, but <i>lord</i> or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the <i>mesne</i> lord.
Source: webster1913