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    FIEFDOM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or groupplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

    organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The domain controlled by a feudal lordplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

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

    demesne; domain; land (territory over which rule or control is exercised)

    Derivation:

    fief (a piece of land held under the feudal system)

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