feudist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

feud +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

feudist (plural feudists)

  1. One who takes part in feuds.
    • 2007 July 27, Campbell Robertson, “Encores! Season to Feature Some Well-Known Names”, in New York Times[1]:
      After two years away, Rosie O’Donnell — actress, Broadway booster, consummate feudist — is returning to the stage.
  2. A writer about feuds; a person versed in feudal law.
    • 1751, Andrew MacDowall Bankton, An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights:
      [] our great feudist Sir Thomas Craig