Look up: vassal

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   vassal
   [n] - a person holding a fief
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   Vassal
   a feudal inferior of tenant or a MESNE TENANT, of a TENANT-IN-CHIEF or of the King.
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   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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   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. (Feud. Law) 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 tena ...
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   Vassal
   Vas'sal adjective Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. « The sun and every vassal star.» Keble.
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   Vassal
   Vas'sal transitive verb To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.
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   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. Vassallus, vassus; of Celtic origin; cf. W. & C ...
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   vassal
   liege noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
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   Vassal
   :A `vassal`, in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudalism of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a monarch, usually of slavery support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fief. By analogy it is applied to similar systems in other feudal societies.
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    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.) Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.Vassal: words in the...
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    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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    vassal
    vassal: see feudalism.
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