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feudist

1 American  
[fyoo-dist] / ˈfyu dɪst /

noun

  1. a person who participates in a feud.

feudist 2 American  
[fyoo-dist] / ˈfyu dɪst /

noun

  1. a writer or authority on feudal law.

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 feudist2

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

Example Sentences

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

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

Mr. McAdoo hated vindictively the men who had stood in his way; at heart he was a feudist.

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

The convicted feudist was working for a pardon.

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