mesne/miːn/EtymologyFrom Anglo-Norman mesne, a variant of moien. Doublet of mean.mesne means intermediate. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.adjIntermediate.“a mesne lord”nounA mesne lord.“Lord, mesne, and tenant; the tenant holdeth by four pence, and the mesne by twelve pence.”