Both Uses of
feud
in
The Fountainhead
- It pleased her when Athelstan Beasely wrote in his column in the A.G.A. Bulletin, discussing the architecture of medieval castles: "To understand the grim ferocity of these structures, we must remember that the wars between feudal lords were a savage business—something like the feud between Miss Dominique Francon and Mr. Howard Roark."†
Chpt 2.8feud = a bitter, long-standing fight
- He tried to recapture the exhilaration of their usual feud.†
Chpt 2.12 *
Definition:
bitter hostile argument between two parties -- typically long-standing between families or tribes with occasional incidents of violence
Sometimes the term blood feud is used to reference a feud between families.