feudalist
(ˈfjuːdəlɪst)
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. a. A representative of the feudal system.
| 1822 Blackw. Mag. XII. 268 The Castle [of Edinburgh], the architectural chieftain of those grey and rugged feudalists below. 1831 Crayons from Commons 28 To make each Border feudalist rejoice. |
b. An adherent or supporter of the feudal system.
| 1870 Daily News 6 Sept. 4 Those wretched feudalists [the Prussians]. 1874 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]. |
2. One learned in feudal law; = feudist.