Definition of "feodary" []

• An accomplice. (noun)
• An ancient officer of the Court of Wards. (noun)

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• "O am I to live the god's slave? feodary be to Cybele?"
• "A feodary, I should observe, was an officer of the Court of Wards, who was joined with the escheator and did not act singly; I conceive therefore that Shakspeare by this expression indicates an associate; one in the same plight as others; negatively, one who does not stand alone."
• "And, within the great hall, she was greeted by Master Parry, her cofferer, Master Runyon, her yeoman of the robes, and Master Mitchell, the feodary."