A person who owns alodial land; someone with absolute ownership of property without feudal obligations.
From alodial + -an suffix for persons. Alodial comes from Medieval Latin allodium, from Frankish *alod meaning full or complete property. The term identifies the holder of such property.
An alodian was basically a medieval landowner with ultimate freedom—they weren't answerable to anyone, which was incredibly rare and valuable. This status created a special class of people who could pass land to heirs without the king or lord claiming it.
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