comitatus

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin comitatus, from comes (“companion”). Doublet of county, from Anglo-Norman/Old French.

noun

  1. (historical) A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader.
  2. (historical) A county, shire.

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