feudal lord
Example Sentences
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In the days since he announced it—anonymously—Kauffman has been accused of having a “peasant feudal lord mindset” and satirizing the city’s posture toward the tech industry and its leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
Originally a retainer to a feudal lord, it’s said he joined a Yudano seminary to pray for his lord’s recovery from a deathly illness.
From National Geographic • Jan. 19, 2024
Most people saw their parish priest much more often than their feudal lord.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
As Marx very nearly said, “The water mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam mill, society with the industrial capitalist.”
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2020
Neither had it ever been the residence of any powerful feudal lord during the whole military r�gime.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro
