homager

[ hom-uh-jer, om- ]

noun

1. a vassal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of homager¹

1350–1400; Middle English omager < Anglo-French. See homage, -er ²

Example Sentences

The red rose in the centre of the arms of Lord Abergavenny was placed there by his ancestor, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, “better known as the king-maker,” “to show himself the faithful homager and soldier of the House of Lancaster.”

From Project Gutenberg

With his clasped or joined hands placed between those of the lord, the homager repeated the following vow, which seems to have been in practically the same terms in various manors:—“I become your man from this day forward, for life, for member, and for worldly honour, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear you faith for the lands that I hold of you, saving the faith that I owe to our Sovereign Lord the King.”

From Project Gutenberg

He reminds the court that he comes of an ancient family, descended from a Guido who was Homager to the Empire.

From Project Gutenberg

Line 149, Francis: St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Franciscans; Dominic: St. Dominic, founder of the Order of Dominicans: “Guido, once homager to the Empire”: i.e., he held lands of the Emperor by “homage.” l.

From Project Gutenberg

And was no differens betwene the bothe homages doing to the King and to the Duc of Guien, except that homager at his othe making to the saide duke De pluribus comitatibus in Vasconia sub obediencia regis Angli�. he reserved the sovereinte and the ressort dew to his highe soverein seigneur king Edwarde.

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