feudal lord
Example Sentences
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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
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
“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
This was natural enough because, apart from other reasons, every Samurai was a retainer of a feudal lord from whom he received a certain allowance annually for his services, and his family depended upon him.
From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Suyematsu, Baron Kencho
