the social system that existed during the Middle Ages in Europe, in which people were given land and protection by a nobleman, and had to work and fight for him in return
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NAmE//ˌfyudlˈɪstɪk//
adjectiveSee feudalism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: feudalism