n. One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who holds lands or tenements by socage.
Word Usage
"The socman sprang back, looking to left and to right for some stick or stone which might serve him for weapon; but finding none, he turned and ran at the top of his speed for the house, blowing the while upon a shrill whistle."