mesne

mesas, mesne

At least one family used to be called 'du Mesne' before moving to Germany and changing it to Dumesny. 'du Mesne' means "Man of the Field."

It's pronounced "main," as any good dictionary will tell you. It means "middle" or "intervening" and is rarely seen outside of old property documents.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern --SNE. That is, five letter words with 3rd letter S and 4th letter N and 5th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are:

mesne

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