A ruler having palatine rights; a vassal exercising royal privileges within a province. Now historical.

an overlord; (Feudal Law) a lord who grants fees to others without in turn holding a fee from anyone else (now historical). Now frequently in…

Formerly: †an overlord, supreme ruler; spec. = lord paramount n. at sense A. 1b (obsolete). Now (chiefly South African): = paramount chief n. at…

A feudal overlord. In later use, with reference to international relations, a sovereign or a state having supremacy over another state which…