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VASSAL
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
Etymology
Noun
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
Adjective
vassal (not comparable)
Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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