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The definition of a feud is a prolonged bitter disagreement or fight between families, family members or friends.

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An example of a feud is parents not speaking to their daughter for many years because she married someone outside of the family's religion.

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noun

a bitter, protracted, and violent quarrel, esp. between clans or families, often characterized by killings and counterkillings
any dispute or rivalry, esp. when bitter or protracted

Origin: ME fede < OFr faide < Frank *faida, akin to OHG fehida, enmity, revenge < IE base *peik-, hostile > foe, Lith pìktas, angry

intransitive verb

to carry on a feud; quarrel

noun

land held from a feudal lord in return for service; fief

Origin: ME < ML feodum < Frank *fehu- (akin to OHG feho, cattle, property: see fee) + *od, *ot, wealth, akin to OE ead

See feud in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A bitter, often prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, especially such a state of hostilities between two families or clans.

intransitive verb feud·ed, feud·ing, feuds

To carry on or perpetuate a bitter quarrel or state of enmity.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (probably influenced by feud²)

Origin: of Middle English fede

Origin: , from Old French faide

Origin: , of Germanic origin

noun

See fee.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin feudum

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see peku- in Indo-European roots

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