Definitions for vassal
ˈvæs əlvas·sal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatorynoun

   a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

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1. vassalnoun

   The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.

2. vassalnoun

   A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.

3. vassalverb

   To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

4. vassalverb

   To subordinate to someone or something.

5. vassaladjective

   Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

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1. Vassal

   A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain. While the rights and obligations of a vassal are called vassalage, and the rights and obligations of a suzerain are called suzerainty. The obligations of a vassal often included military support by knights in exchange for certain privileges, usually including land held as a tenant or fief. The term is also applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies. In contrast, fealty (fidelitas) was sworn, unconditional loyalty to a monarch.

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1. vassal

   A vassal is a person, party, or nation that is under the protection of another, more powerful one, often in exchange for service or loyalty. This term is often used in context of feudal systems, where a vassal would serve a lord or monarch. Vassal can also refer to a subordinate or subsidiary.

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1. Vassalnoun

   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

2. Vassalnoun

   a subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave

3. Vassaladjective

   resembling a vassal; slavish; servile

4. Vassalverb

   to treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave

5. Etymology: [F., fr. LL. vassallus, vassus; of Celtic origin; cf. W. & Corn. gwas a youth, page, servant, Arm. gwaz a man, a male. Cf. Valet, Varlet, Vavasor.]

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1. Vassal

   A vassal or feudatory is a person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the grant of land held as a fiefdom. The term can be applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies. In contrast, a fidelity, or fidelitas, was a sworn loyalty, subject to the king.

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1. Vassal

   vas′al, n. one who holds land from, and renders homage to, a superior: a dependant, retainer: a bondman, slave: (Shak.) a low wretch.—adj. (Shak.) servile.—v.t. to enslave, to dominate.—ns. Vass′alāge, state of being a vassal: dependence: subjection: a fee, fief: (Shak.) vassals collectively; Vass′aless (Spens.), a female vassal; Vass′alry, vassals collectively. [Fr.,—Low L. vassalis—Bret. gwaz, a servant; cf. W. gwas, a youth.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vassal in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vassal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of vassal in a Sentence

1. Boris Johnson:

   It is vassal state stuff, chuck it out.

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