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say it: FEEF-duhm
fiefdom is a noun meaning "the domain controlled by a feudal lord". It is pronounced /ˈfifdəm/ — FEEF-duhm. It carries 2 recorded senses.
the domain controlled by a feudal lord
an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fiefdom come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.