feudatory

/ˌfjudəˈtɔri/

Other forms: feudatories

Definitions of feudatory

1. noun

   a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
   synonyms: liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal

   type of:

   follower

   a person who accepts the leadership of another
2. adjective

   of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord
   “a feudatory relationship”
3. adjective

   owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign
   “it remained feudatory to India until 1365”

   synonyms:

   subordinate

   subject or submissive to authority or the control of another