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BNC: 24868 COCA: 32256

fief

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
fief /ˈfiːf/ noun
plural fiefs
fief
/ˈfiːf/
noun
plural fiefs
Learner's definition of FIEF
[count]
: a large area of land that was ruled over by a lord in medieval times : a feudal estate(中世纪领主的)封地,采邑sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
BNC: 24868 COCA: 32256

fief

noun

1
: a feudal estate : fee
2
: something over which one has rights or exercises control
a politician's fief

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In European feudalism, a fief was a source of income granted to a person (called a vassal) by his lord in exchange for his services. The fief usually consisted of land and the labor of peasants who were bound to cultivate it. The income it provided supported the vassal, who was obliged to fight for his lord as a knight.

Example Sentences

the logistics of the relief effort is the director's fief
Recent Examples on the Web In his own fief, the executive had become accustomed to torrid growth. Dana Mattioli, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Since gaining power in the Republika Srpska, Dodik, according to his critics, has turned the entity into a personal fief. New York Times, 14 June 2022 As the Tatmadaw began loosening control over the economy, engaging in a fire sale of assets that had once been the military’s fief, that elite class of the well-connected swooped in to profit. New York Times, 24 Dec. 2021 Paul is the heir to House Atreides, whose fief is the oceanic planet of Caladan, a stony, rainy, tumultuous world, limited in its purview and power. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2021 This was particularly so in Mazar-e-Sharif, which was governed as a personal fief by former mujahedeen commander Gen. Atta Mohammad Nooruntil his ouster by President Ashraf Ghani in 2017. Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 2 July 2021 But for nearly a half-century, the building and society have been the fief of an eminent physician named Dr. Kevin M. Cahill, his family and his friends. Dan Barry, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2021 Lulled by glamour and success, Real Madrid has allowed itself to be transformed into the personal fief of its president, Florentino Pérez. New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021 Their claim is based on possession of a fief—a right granted by a feudal overlord in exchange for allegiance or services. The Economist, 27 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French — more at fee

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fief was circa 1611
BNC: 24868 COCA: 32256

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