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feudatory

DEFINITIONS OF: feudatory

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n a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

Synonyms:
liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal
Type of:
follower
a person who accepts the leadership of another

adj of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord

“a feudatory relationship”

adj owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign

“it remained feudatory to India until 1365”
Synonyms
subordinate
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
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