feudal lord
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feudal lord — noun a man of rank in the ancient regime • Syn: ↑seigneur, ↑seignior • Hypernyms: ↑overlord, ↑master, ↑lord • Hyponyms: ↑liege, ↑liege lord … Useful english dictionary
feudal lord — European land owner in the Middle Ages … English contemporary dictionary
lord — 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… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lord — 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. ) … Combinatory dictionary
feudal — 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. ♦… … Dictionary of difficult words
feudal lordship — noun the position and authority of a feudal lord • Syn: ↑seigniory, ↑seigneury • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑post, ↑berth, ↑office, ↑spot, ↑billet, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lord in gross — A feudal lord whose lordship was not attached to any manor … Ballentine's law dictionary
Feudal 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… … Wikipedia
Lord — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lord high chancellor — Lord 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
