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FEUDATORY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

Synonyms:

feudatory; liege; liege subject; liegeman; vassal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("feudatory" is a kind of...):

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

Derivation:

feudatory (of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign

Example:

it remained feudatory to India until 1365

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

subordinate (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord

Example:

a feudatory relationship

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

fealty (the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign))

Derivation:

feudatory (a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord)

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