Lē'od, n.

noun

n. [A-S. leód, liód, people, nation, man, chief; O. Sax. liud. Icel. liódh, O. & M. H. Ger. liut, pl. liuti, liute, N. H. Ger. leute, pl., Goth. lauths, from A-S. leodan, O. Sax. liodan, liodhan, Goth. liudan, O. H. Ger. liutan, to grow.] People; a nation. Gibson.