feudal
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For most of the 20th century, the prevailing view of Southern plantations was one of feudal estates with accordingly primitive systems for the extraction of labor and thereby profit from bonded toil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
The powers of a landowner can range from the almost full sovereignty enjoyed by a mighty feudal noble to the essentially nonexistent rights I have over the protected swampland outside my window.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Every spring, Ellison throws a cherry blossom festival party for his friends at his Japanese-style feudal estate in Woodside, Calif.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Sucker Punch's latest is a follow-up to 2020's feudal Japan-set adventure Ghost of Tsushima, one of the last big PS4-exclusive releases from Sony.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
The feudal idea of war for ransom had been squashed in Britain, but not abroad, and now the foreign ransom-hunters were after the newly settled King.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing feudal
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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