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What does stead mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) A place, or spot, in general. [10th-16th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat. [10th-18th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A specific place or point on a body or other surface. [11th-15th c.]
  4. (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc. [13th-16th c.]
  5. (obsolete) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm. [14th-19th c.]
  6. (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [15th-19th c.]
  7. (literary) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor. [from 15th c.]
  8. Figuratively, an emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases). [from 15th c.]
Verb
  1. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
  2. To fill place of.
Noun
  1. (Singapore, colloquial) One's partner in a romantic relationship.
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