stead
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steads, plural;
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steads, plural;
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The place or role that someone or something should have or fill (used in referring to a substitute)
- - you wish to have him superseded and to be appointed in his stead
Web Definitions:
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
- Stead (pronounced 'sted' as in "instead") is a surname, and may refer to * , Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
- A place, or spot, in general. [10th-16th c.]; A place where a person normally rests; a seat. [10th-18th c.]; A specific place or point on a body or other surface. [11th-15th c.]; An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc. [13th-16th c. ...
- Jennifer (1983), ‘Quizzing Glasse: or Hannah Scrutinised’, PPC 13 and 14.
- a particular place, especially a ritual one. Anglicized Old Norse, from stadhr.
- a person's boyfriend. See Him and Friend.