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
The sword belonging to his slain master is in the wrongful possession of a feudal lord, and Akayo wants it back.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023
Most people saw their parish priest much more often than their feudal lord.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Liege, lēj, adj. free, except as within the relations of vassal and feudal lord: under a feudal tenure.—n. one under a feudal tenure: a vassal: a lord or superior, or one who has lieges.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various