FEUDATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feudatory mean? 

• FEUDATORY (noun)
  The noun FEUDATORY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FEUDATORY used as a noun is very rare.

• FEUDATORY (adjective)
  The adjective FEUDATORY has 2 senses:

1. of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord

2. owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign

  Familiarity information: FEUDATORY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEUDATORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

feudatory; liege; liege subject; liegeman; vassal

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)

• FEUDATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a feudatory relationship

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign

Context example:

it remained feudatory to India until 1365

Similar:

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