feodary
Americannoun
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feodaries
plural
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a feudal vassal.
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Obsolete. a confederate or accomplice.
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Etymology
Origin of feodary
1350–1400; Middle English feodarie < Medieval Latin feodārius. See feud 2, -ary
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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.
From Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 by Various
And next, the courser-man, in secrecy, unscrewed one of the bullion buttons on his buff jerkin, and taking from it a scrap of paper, handed this also to the watchful feodary.
From Historic Girls by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
Then, with a low obeisance, the feodary presented her the scroll which had been brought him, post-haste, by Launcelot Crue, the courser-man.
From Historic Girls by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
Else let my brother die, If not a feodary, but only he, Owe, and succeed by weakness.
From Measure for Measure by Shakespeare, William
Else let my brother die, If not a feodary, but only he Owe and succeed thy weakness.
From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
And though the Punic faith is branded by Our enemies, our confederates and friends And seventeen kings, our feodaries found it As firm as fate.
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
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