fiefdom
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfiːf.dəm/
fiefdom
- The estate controlled by a feudal lord; a fief.
- The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.
- (by extension, mostly, pejorative) Any organization in the control of a dominant individual.
- Most of our company's computers are standardized, but the IT director allows the employees in his own little fiefdom to specify their own machines.
- French: seigneurie
- German: Lehenswesen
- Italian: feudo
- Russian: феод
- Spanish: feudo
- German: Herrschaftsgebiet, Reich
- Spanish: feudo
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