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
Fearing a repeat of the bloodshed in 1915, they were escorted out by French troops to settle in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, on land bought from an Ottoman feudal lord.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023
Most people saw their parish priest much more often than their feudal lord.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In early politics, ideals are concerned simply with personal allegiance to some dynastic chief, a feudal lord, or a monarch; the well-being of a community does not enter into the matter at all.
From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman
