Feudal+lord

  • 1feudal lord — noun A lord in a feudal system, who bestows fiefs on vassals …

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  • 2feudal lord — noun a man of rank in the ancient regime • Syn: ↑seigneur, ↑seignior • Hypernyms: ↑overlord, ↑master, ↑lord • Hyponyms: ↑liege, ↑liege lord …

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  • 3feudal lord — European land owner in the Middle Ages …

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  • 4lord — n 1. lord and master, overlord, master, chief, ruler, tyrant, dictator; king, sovereign, monarch, majesty, crowned head, potentate, dynast; prince, emperor, rajah, maharajah, czar, caeser, kaiser, Fr. roi, Latin, rex. sheik, khan, governor, te… …

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  • 5lord — I n. a feudal lord II v. to lord it over smb. ( to flaunt one s superiority over smb. ) * * * [lɔːd] a feudal lord to lord it over smb. ( to flaunt one s superiority over smb. ) …

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  • 6feudal —   a. pertaining to feoff or fee; pertaining to medieval social system of overlords and vassals.    ♦ feudatory, n. & a. (vassal) subject to feudal lord; (ruler) subject to overlord.    ♦ feudalism, n. feudal system.    ♦ feudalist, n.    ♦… …

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  • 7feudal lordship — noun the position and authority of a feudal lord • Syn: ↑seigniory, ↑seigneury • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑post, ↑berth, ↑office, ↑spot, ↑billet, ↑ …

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  • 8lord in gross — A feudal lord whose lordship was not attached to any manor …

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  • 9Feudal society — is a sometimes debated term used to describe the social order in the Western Europe, Central Europe, and sometimes Japan and other regions in the Middle Ages, characterized by the legal subjection of a large part of the peasantry to a hereditary… …

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  • 10Lord — Lord, n. [OE. lord, laverd, loverd, AS. hl[=a]ford, for hl[=a]fweard, i. e., bread keeper; hl[=a]f bread, loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See {Loaf}, and {Ward} to guard, and cf. {Laird}, {Lady}.] 1. One who has power and …

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