Look up: vassal

1. vassal
   [n] - a person holding a fief
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2. Vassal
   a feudal inferior of tenant or a MESNE TENANT, of a TENANT-IN-CHIEF or of the King.
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3. vassal
   In medieval Europe, a person who paid feudal homage to a superior lord (see feudalism), and who promised military service and advice in return for a grant of land. The term was used...
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4. Vassal
   Vas'sal noun [ French, from Late Latin vassallus , vassus ; of Celtic origin; confer W. & Corn. gwas a youth, page, servant, Arm. gwaz a man, a male. Confer Valet , Varlet , Vavasor .] 1. (F...
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5. Vassal
   Vas'sal adjective Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. « The sun and every vassal star.» Keble.
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6. Vassal
   Vas'sal transitive verb To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.
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7. vassal
   1. 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. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. 'The vassals of his anger.' Rear vassal, the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal. ... Origin: F, fr. LL....
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8. vassal
   liege noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
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9. Vassal
   • (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. • (n.) A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. • (n.) 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. • (a.) Resembli...
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10. vassal
    in feudal society, one invested with a fief in return for services to an overlord. Some vassals did not have fiefs and lived at their lord`s court ... [10 related articles]
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11. vassal
    vassal: see feudalism.
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12. Vassal
    Obs. Someone who, by a series of formal acts, usually homage, commits themselves to serve another, usually receiving a fief in return. The name given to the holder of a fief, bound to perform feudal service; this word was then always correlative to that of lord, entitled to such service. The vassal himself might be lord of some other vassal. In...
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13. vassal
    In medieval Europe, a person who paid feudal homage to a superior lord (see feudalism), and who promised military service and advice in return for a grant of land. The term was used from the 9th century. The relationship of vassalage was the mainstay of the feudal system and declined along with it during the transition to bastard feudalism
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14. Vassal
    a young man-servant, or squire, from 1300s sense of "a tenant who swears fealty to a lord."
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15. Vassal
    one who holds lands or entitlements from a superior
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16. Vassal
    A `vassal` or `feudatory` is a person who has entered into mutual obligations to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe or elsewhere. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the gra...
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