feudist

¹ American  

[fyoo-dist] / ˈfyu dɪst /

noun

1. a person who participates in a feud.

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feudist ² American  

[fyoo-dist] / ˈfyu dɪst /

noun

1. a writer or authority on feudal law.

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feudist British  

/ ˈfjuːdɪst /

noun

1. a person who takes part in a feud or quarrel

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Etymology

Origin of feudist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; feud ¹ + -ist

Origin of feudist¹

First recorded in 1600–10; feud ² + -ist

Example Sentences

Perhaps no one has distinguished himself as a feudist in the past few decades more than Christopher Hitchens, who in an e-mail gave some helpful hints on how to start a feud — and, more important, how to keep it going.

From New York Times

The World man's Barnum instincts were keen: he almost persuaded Devil Anse to decamp to New York City and charge gawkers $500 a week just to have a look at an authentic feudist, Winchester in hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trouble with these, explains Nabokov, a literary feudist of Dr. Johnson's caliber, is that they are "unfortunately available to students."

From Time Magazine Archive

One was 80-year-old Kenneth Douglas McKellar, the choleric Tennessee feudist who heads the all-powerful Appropriations Committee; the other was Nevada's silver-maned, silver-minded Patrick A. McCarran, 73, chairman of the scarcely less powerful Judiciary Committee.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was made by onetime War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha, long-standing political feudist with the Prime Minister.

From Time Magazine Archive