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1. (n.) vassal
(in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usu. military service to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
2. vassal
a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject or subordinate.
3. vassal
a servant or slave.
4. (adj.) vassal
of or characteristic of a vassal.
5. vassal
having the status or position of a vassal.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF < ML vassallus=vass(us) servant (< Celtic; cf. Welsh gwas young man, Ir foss servant) +-allus n. suffix)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory
a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) vassal
resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
2. (noun) vassal
the grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant
3. (noun) vassal
a subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave
4. (verb) vassal
to treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave
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