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chief lord

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of overlord

    Synonym of overlord: the lord of a fee immediately owed personal service or rent by a tenant, a tenant's liege lord.

    • Forinsec, or Extrinsec, or Regal Service, was a Service which did not belong to the chief Lord, but to the King.
    • Chief lord, the feudal lord, or lord of an honour on whom others depend.
    • land-male, a reserved rent charged upon a piece of land by the chief lord of the fee, or a subsequent mesne owner.

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