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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FEU'DATORY, n.
A tenant or vassal who holds his lands of a superior, on condition of military service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; "a feudatory relationship"
2: owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; "it remained feudatory to India until 1365" n
1: a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord [syn: vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin feudatorius, from feudare to enfeoff, from feudum Date: 1592 1. owing feudal allegiance 2. being under the overlordship of a foreign state II. noun (plural -ries) Date: 1644 1. a dependent lordship ; fee 2. one holding lands by feudal tenure

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. (often foll. by to) feudally subject, under overlordship. --n. (pl. -ies) a feudal vassal. Etymology: med.L feudatorius f. feudare enfeoff (as FEUD(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Feudatory Feu"da*to*ry, n.; pl. Feudatories. A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. --Blackstone. [He] had for feudatories great princes. --J. H. Newman.