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

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

The feudal lord could sell his vassals as he did his animals, and they were often bartered away with fields and houses.

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