Word: fief
Category: fief
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Related words: fief
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Synonyms: fief
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: fief
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spanish
Translations:
feudo
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german
Translations:
lehen, lehensgut
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french
Translations:
fief
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dutch
Translations:
leen, leengoed
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russian
Translations:
лен
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czech
Translations:
léno
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polish
Translations:
feudum, lenno
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greek
Translations:
τιμάριο
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estonian
Translations:
lään
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slovenian
Translations:
léno
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slovak
Translations:
léno
The meaning and "use of": fief
noun
- an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service. - During the Eastern Zhou royal power declined and there was a concomitant growth in the feudal fiefs , some becoming quasi-independent kingdoms.
- a person's sphere of operation or control. - That way, I would retain control of my own fief , and still have the man I loved.
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