feodary
Americannoun
plural
feodaries-
a feudal vassal.
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Obsolete. a confederate or accomplice.
Etymology
Origin of feodary
1350–1400; Middle English feodarie < Medieval Latin feodārius. See feud 2, -ary
Example Sentences
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Else let my brother die, If not a feodary, but only he Owe and succeed thy weakness.
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O am I to live the god's slave? feodary be to Cybele?
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Sc. 2., we read: "Senseless bauble, Art thou a feodary for this act, and lookst So virgin-like without?" where feodary clearly means confederate, associate.
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Else let my brother die, If not a feodary, but only he Owe, and succeed thy weakness.
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A feodary, I should observe, was an officer of the Court of Wards, who was joined with the escheator and did not act singly; I conceive therefore that Shakspeare by this expression indicates an associate; one in the same plight as others; negatively, one who does not stand alone.
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