fiar
noun
fiar is a noun meaning “One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-A-R, and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fiar is fiars.
What does fiar mean?
noun
- 1
One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.
- 2
The price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fiar
- fiars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fiar?
Fiar appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fiar come from?
Uncertain, perhaps from fee + -ar, compare feuar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).