feodary

American  

[fyoo-duh-ree] / ˈfyu də ri /

noun

plural

feodaries

1. a feudal vassal.

2. 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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

O am I to live the god's slave? feodary be to Cybele?

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

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