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vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory
(noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vassal (plural vassals)
(historical) 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.
A subordinate
Synonyms: subject, dependant, servant, slave
vassal (not comparable)
Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
vassal (third-person singular simple present vassals, present participle vassalling, simple past and past participle vassalled)
(transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
(transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.
• Salvas, slavas, vasals
Source: Wiktionary
Vas"sal, n. Etym: [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.]
1. (Feud. Law)
Definition: 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. Burrill.
2. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. "The vassals of his anger." Milton. Rear vassal, the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal.
Vas"sal, a.
Definition: Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. The sun and every vassal star. Keble.
Vas"sal, v. t.
Definition: To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.