feudalistn.
/ˈfjuːdl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈfjudələst/ 1.
a. A representative of the feudal system.
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feudalist1822
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 268 The Castle [of Edinburgh], the architectural chieftain of those grey and rugged feudalists below.
1831 ‘P. Palette’ Crayons from Commons 28 To make each Border feudalist rejoice.
b. An adherent or supporter of the feudal system.
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aristocratical1651
imperialist1800
centralist1826
coercionist1841
Caesarean1869
feudalist1870
Caesarist1875
gynecocrat1893
patriarchalist1923
technocrat1932
presidentialist1935
plutodemocrat1939
psephocrat1966
1870 Daily News 6 Sept. 4 Those wretched feudalists [the Prussians].
1874 F. D. Maurice Friendship Bks. v. 149 That kind of civilization which I said the feudalists could not give.
1888 Truth 19 July 98/1 The Emperor is far more of a feudalist than the Prince [Bismarck].
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2. One learned in feudal law; = feudist n.
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