tenser noun.
['tɛnsǝ] LME.[Anglo-Norman = Old French tense defence, protection, from tenser (= medieval Latin tensare) protect, exact payment for protection, of unkn. origin: see -ER2.]Hist. An inhabitant of a city or borough who was not a citizen or freeman, but paid a rate for permission to reside and trade; a denizen.
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