engelska-holländska översättning av overlord

opperheerWat heeft het voor zin om een conservatieve premier te hebben als de heer Blair de opperheer wordt? What is the point of having a Conservative Prime Minister if Mr Blair becomes the overlord?

A ruler of other rulers
In the English feudal system, a lord of a manor who had subinfeudated a particular manor, estate or fee, to a tenant
Anyone with overarching power or authority in a given domain

The various tribal chieftains met each spring to elect an overlord that would lead them in time of war.
The tenant thenceforth owed to the overlord one of a variety of services, usually military service or serjeanty, depending on which form of tenure the estate was held under.
The crusty old professor was overlord of the history department, and few dared to cross his will.

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