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MAITLAND
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• MAITLAND (noun)
The noun MAITLAND has 1 sense:
1. English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
Familiarity information: MAITLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Frederic William Maitland; Maitland
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
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