Lord reigns wickedly over Europe (8)

I believe the answer is:

seigneur

'lord' is the definition.
(I know that seigneur is a type of lord)

'reigns wickedly over europe' is the wordplay.
'wickedly' is an anagram indicator.
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'europe' becomes 'EU' (European Union).
'reigns' anagrammed gives 'seignr'.
'seignr' going around 'eu' is 'SEIGNEUR'.

(Another definition for seigneur that I've seen is " Feudal lord".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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