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vassal
[ vas-uhl ]
noun
- (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
- a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer.
- a servant or slave.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a vassal.
- having the status or position of a vassal.
vassal
/ ˈvæsəl /
noun
- (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a lord to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief. A great vassal was in vassalage to a king and a rear vassal to a great vassal
- a person, nation, etc, in a subordinate, suppliant, or dependent position relative to another
- ( as modifier )
vassal status
adjective
- of or relating to a vassal
vassal
- Under feudalism , a subordinate who placed himself in service to a lord in return for the lord's protection.
Derived Forms
- ˈvassal-less, adjective
Other Words From
- vassal·less adjective
- non·vassal noun
- sub·vassal noun
- under·vassal noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of vassal1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vassal1
Example Sentences
These highly-prized animals were also taken as tributes from vassals based in the Levant and from defeated foreign powers.
Paola Dionisotti as Lady Anya Waynwood Lady Anya Waynwood is the head of House Waynwood, a powerful vassal to House Arryn.
Which, according to party orthodoxy, would have been an economically backward, single-ideology vassal state of the Soviet Union.
I have dared to relate this to your Majesty because of my zeal as a loyal vassal, and as one who looks at things dispassionately.
As vassal of the Crown and prince of the blood, Conde was bound to obey the summons of his sovereign.
After all he was a Moslem, and a Turkish vassal, and a consistent contemner of Russians, so wherefore should he stand aside?
Each of these vassal states was made to pay handsomely for its new acquisitions.
I loved you from the first—not like a vassal either—and will always love you.
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