feudalist

Variant of feudalism

feudalism definition

feu·dal·ism (fyo̵̅o̅d′'l iz′əm)

noun

  1. the economic, political, and social system in medieval Europe, in which land, worked by serfs who were bound to it, was held by vassals in exchange for military and other services given to overlords
  2. a society organized like that in medieval Europe

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