adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
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(UK, Canada) Alternative form of badge of honor [(idiomatic, US) An outward sign that signifies some distinction.]
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banneret (lord leading vassals under his own banner)
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(UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling tobacco.
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(Scotland) Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
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(historical) The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
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Any of a group of princes who govern jointly, as in Andorra.
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(chiefly US) A group of people in charge of a state's intelligence operations in a foreign country, typically led by an ambassador.
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The rank or position of a count.
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(UK) Alternative form of court of honor [(architecture, US) Cour d'honneur.]
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A region or area; a domain.
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The territory controlled by an earl.
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The rank or status of earl.
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The rank or office of an emir.
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An official, particularly a chief magistrate of a mediaeval Italian republic; the bearer of the republic's gonfalon.
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The role or status of gonfalonier.
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Rare spelling of governess-ship. [The office or term of a governess.]
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(Britain) An informal form of address to a man; see guv. This version is especially likely to be applied to the owner of a business or the landlord of a public house.
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The role or status of hetman.
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The position of a janissary.
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The rank or status of jarl.
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A customs officer, or other officer appointed by the English Crown.
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The area of land owned by a laird.
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A civil lord of the admiralty.
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(UK) Alternative form of Legion of Honor [The highest order of merit in France.]
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(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
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(rare) English rendering of vidame
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Obsolete form of manred. [(now historical) Vassals collectively; the men a feudal lord can call upon in wartime.]
adj
Taken as or relating to the spoils of war; funded from the spoils of war (especially in the Roman Empire).
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(historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
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The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
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Obsolete form of miniver. [A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.]
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(archaic) (in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France.
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The office or state of a navarch
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An honorific for the head of state of a republic; see president (definition 1).
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(Britain) A similar official of the Corporation of the City of London.
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(Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.
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(politics) A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization responsible for taking care of its property.
adj
Of or relating to a seigneur or to seigneurialism.
n
State or position of a signior.
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lordship, especially in medieval Italian city states
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A ceremonial event in some monarchies having parliamentary systems of government, occurring at the opening of a new parliamentary session or at some other interval, in which a king, queen, or designated official reads a prepared speech to the members of parliament outlining the government's agenda.
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The rank of squire, or the period of being a squire.
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The position or office of subadar.
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The office or status of a sultan.
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The seignioralty of a thane.
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The role or status of a verger.
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The rank or jurisdiction of a viscount.
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(now historical) An alderman or director of a city ward in the Netherlands or a Dutch colony.
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The position or office of zamindar.
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