Vassal

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who held land from a feudal lord and received protection in return for homage and allegiance.
  • n. A bondman; a slave.
  • n. A subordinate or dependent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.
  • adj. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
  • v. To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
  • v. To subordinate to someone or something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.
  • n. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a bondman; a slave.
  • adj. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
  • v. To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A feudatory tenant; one holding lands by the obligation to render military service or its equivalent to his superior, especially in contradistinction to rear vassal and vavasor; a vassal of the first orderā€”that is, one holding directly from the king. Compare great vassal, below.
  • n. A subject; a dependent; a retainer; a servant; one who attends on or does the will of another.
  • n. A bondman; a slave.
  • n. A low wretch.
  • Servile; subservient.
  • To subject to vassalage; enslave; treat as a vassal.
  • To command; rise over or above; dominate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  • Antonym
    lord   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    follower   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    feudatory    subject    dependent    servant    bondman    slave    slavish    servile    enslave    feodary   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Basle    Brasil    Cassel    Castle    Kassel    castle    facile    gracile    hassel    hassell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    serf    retainer    baron    courtier    ally    follower    chieftain    lord    heir    adviser