There had been a storm, though, I think, and the ship had run aground on an island ruled by some sort of nasty feudal overlord. |
She did believe in Santa, but she thought he was just some overlord who bossed his workers around and shopped at flea markets for her gifts. |
For a modest rent, the holders of these burgages, the burgesses, became free men, and were released from any feudal services to an overlord. |
They morph their overlord into an overseer, it really changes the kinds of things that unit can do on the battlefield. |
A feudal magnate could exercise more power over his tenants than the king who was his overlord. |
Like it or not, we're going to have to work together to stop this overlord. |