諸しょ侯こう

noun

feudal lords; barons; princes

Historical term for the various lords and nobles who served under a monarch in feudal systems, especially in Chinese and European contexts. Not used for modern nobility.

• 春しゅん秋じゅう時じ代だい、周しゅう王おうに従したがう諸しょ侯こうは数すう百ひゃくに及およんだ。

  During the Spring and Autumn period, the feudal lords serving the Zhou king numbered in the hundreds.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは諸しょ侯こうが大おおきな権けん力りょくを持もっていた。

  In medieval Europe, the feudal lords held great power.