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fiefdom

noun
/ˈfiːf.dəm/

Etymology

From fief + -dom.

  1. derived from *peku-✻
  2. derived from *fehu✻ — “cattle, sheep”
  3. derived from *fehu✻ — “cattle, livestock”
  4. derived from fevum
  5. derived from fief
  6. borrowed from fief
  7. suffixed as fiefdom — “fief + dom”

Definitions

  1. The estate controlled by a feudal lord.

    • The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.
    • "If you wish to offer any of my vassals fiefdoms or positions in your new kingdom, they have my leave to accept. I promised them that when they came with me."

  2. Any organization in the control of a dominant individual.

    • “[Bill Clinton] was just walking around, looking in all the offices, like he was surveying his fiefdom. He had a big grin on his face.”
    • Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX was run as the “personal fiefdom” of founder Sam Bankman-Fried, with one of the company’s units spending $300m on real estate in the Bahamas for the use of its executives, a court heard on Tuesday.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA