feudist
(ˈfjuːdɪst)
Also 7 feodist, pheudist.
[f. feud n.2 + -ist. Cf. F. feudiste.]
1. A writer or authority on feuds, one versed in feudal law. Also attrib.
| 1607 Cowell Interpr., Fealtie, This oath..is vsed among the feudists. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey iii. ii. 67 Many Feudists doe holde that Feudatarius hath not an entire property in his Fee. 1639 Spelman Feuds & Tenures xxiii. 37 The Feodists therefore call them Caduca. a 1682 Sir T. Browne Tracts viii. (1684) 150 The Feudist term Ligeus a Ligando. 1767 Blackstone Comm. II. 50 The oath of fealty, which made in the sense of the feudists every man that took it a tenant or vassal. 1845 Stephen Laws Eng. I. 185 Allodium, the name by which the feudists abroad distinguished such estates of the subject as were not holden of any superior. |
† 2. a. The holder of a feud or estate. b. One living under the feudal system. Obs.
| 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey iv. i. 80 All..Rents, Seruices, Issues, and profits accrewing and renewing to the Feudist or Possident. 1767 Blackstone Comm. ii. xiv. 215 The Greeks, the Romans..and even originally the feudists, divided the lands equally. |
3. A person who has a feud with another. U.S.
| 1901 Munsey's Mag. XXV. 614/1 To speak of his feud to a feudist is a serious breach of the mountain etiquette. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny viii. 130 The punchers from that ranch were more relentless and vengeful than Kentucky feudists. 1922 Daily Mail 13 Dec. 9 Neighbours, formerly the best of friends, are now virtually feudists. 1927 A. Nevins Emergence Mod. America 252 A gang of horse thieves and outlaws; moonshiners, hunters and feudists. 1948 Sat. Even. Post 16 Oct. 38/1 Indian fighters, trail drivers, fence cutters, feudists, monumental liars. |