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Thane (/ˈθeɪn/; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn)[1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl,[2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
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- ^ "thane - definition of thane in English from the Oxford dictionary". oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.