feudal lord

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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

“Yellowstone” marks the first regular series role for Costner as he takes on the part of powerful ranch owner John Dutton, whose stature mirrors that of a feudal lord in his rural community.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2018

First, we might remember Marx's comment that "the windmill gives you a society with the feudal lord; the steam engine gives you one with the industrial capitalist."

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2012

Suzerain, sū′ze-rān, n. a feudal lord: supreme or paramount ruler.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various