Ter-tenant | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

ter
tĕr, adv. num. [Sanscr. tris; Gr. τρίς; cf. tres], three times, thrice. I Lit.: ter sub armis malim...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
ter
ter (1) adv.num.cf. Gr. τρίς, tres, three times, thrice : in anno: is de se ter sortibus consultum...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Ter-
·- A combining form from ·Lat. ter signifying three times, thrice. ·see Tri-, 2. ...

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Tenant
·vt To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. II. Tenant ·noun One who has possession of any place; ...

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Tenant saw
·- ·see Tenon saw, under <<Tenon>>. ...

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Terre-tenant
·noun One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. ...

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tenant at will
One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
tenant for life
A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose