FEUDAL LORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feudal lord mean? 

• FEUDAL LORD (noun)
  The noun FEUDAL LORD has 1 sense:

1. a man of rank in the ancient regime

  Familiarity information: FEUDAL LORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEUDAL LORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man of rank in the ancient regime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

feudal lord; seigneur; seignior

Hypernyms ("feudal lord" is a kind of...):

lord; master; overlord (a person who has general authority over others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feudal lord"):

liege; liege lord (a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service)

 Context examples 

Yet why should they build and strive, when the first adventurer who passed would set torch to their thatch, and when their own feudal lord would wring from them with blows and curses the last fruits of their toil?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)