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Definition of Feudal lord
1. Noun. A man of rank in the ancient regime.
Specialized synonyms: Liege, Liege Lord
Generic synonyms: Lord, Master, Overlord
Definition of Feudal lord
1. Noun. A lord in a feudal system, who bestows fiefs on vassals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feudal Lord
Literary usage of Feudal lord
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise, Henry Hopley White (1835)
"It has been stated that the feudal lord was equally bound The lord might to ...
The feudal lord had not only a right to the service of his Feudal Juris- ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"These slaves were bound to work for their feudal lord. The word occurs frequently in
... feudal lord ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... who was theoretically their feudal lord, and as a community possessing a seal
and its own tribunals The fifteenth century brought important internal ..."
4. English Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Maine by William Graham (1899)
"... the conversion of the mark (or German village community) into the manor," and
the transmutation of the patriarchal chief into the feudal lord; the king, ..."
5. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1895)
"1497. He d. 1497. Xll. 1497. 19, in 1504. XIII. 12. JOHN (GREY), LORD GHEY DE
Powis, feudal LORD OF Powis, s. and h. He d. a minor, aged 1504, 13. ..."
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