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feu·dal
 feudal
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- pronunciation:
- fyu
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having to do with feudalism. Feudalism is a political and economic system in which royal or noble families own the land of a region and allow people to live on and farm the land in return for a share of the crops and their service in war.
In a feudal society such as existed in Europe the king was at the very top and peasants were at the bottom.Japan operated under a feudal system during the Middle Ages.The peasants had many obligations to their feudal lords. |
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