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Liege

Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.

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Loyal 84% connected

Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subje…

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Loyal 84% connected

Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subje…

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Follower 76% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

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Seignior 76% connected

A lord; the lord of a manor.

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Liegeman 76% connected

Same as Liege, n., 2.

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Feudatory 92% connected

A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

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Vassal 92% connected

The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.

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Battle noun · 78% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Conflict noun · 78% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Engagement noun · 78% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Feed verb · 78% connection

introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"

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Feed in verb · 78% connection

introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"

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Fight noun · 78% connection

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…

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Hashtag noun · 78% connection

metadata tag used on social network and microblogging services which makes it easier for users to find messages with a specific theme…

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Influencer noun · 78% connection

a person who has a large following on one or more social media platform that works to generate interest in contemporary social issues…

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Network noun · 78% connection

(broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; "the network…

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Post noun · 78% connection

an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and stru…

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Allodial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial la…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sovereign, independent, authority, right, allegiance.
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Autocratrix noun · 78% connection

A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.

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Bezant noun · 78% connection

A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a…

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Claim v./. · 78% connection

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sovereign, independent, authority, right, allegiance.
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Corvee noun · 78% connection

An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.

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Court noun · 78% connection

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign i…

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Curia noun · 78% connection

The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.

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Despot noun · 78% connection

A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.

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Disloyal adjective · 78% connection

Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; fait…

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Dominion noun · 78% connection

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty…

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Enthrone verb · 78% connection

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

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Envoy noun · 78% connection

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Feud noun · 78% connection

A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thi…

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Franchise adjective · 78% connection

A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from or…

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Greencloth noun · 78% connection

A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and…

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Homage noun · 78% connection

A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming t…

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Independent adjective · 78% connection

free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individua…

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