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lord of a castle
NounPlace

Definitions

  1. 1. lord of a castle
  2. 2. Joushu
A noun referring to the lord or master of a castle — the person who owns or rules over a castle. It is commonly encountered in historical contexts and stories set in feudal Japan.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

He thought to himself, "I'm not a castle lord — I'm just an employee."

Sentence 2

It really gets to me — thinking about the resolve of the castle lord!

Sentence 3

That bow of his cracked me up — he looked just like a retainer serving a castle lord.

Sentence 4

Wait, castle lords actually held trials themselves?

Sentence 5

I wandered into a coffee shop and ended up being shown a "castle lord's family tree."