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Definition of Vassal

Vassal
Vassal Vas"sal, n. [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) 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.
Vassal
Vassal Vas"sal, a. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. The sun and every vassal star. --Keble.
Vassal
Vassal Vas"sal, v. t. To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

Meaning of Vassal from wikipedia

- A v****al or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe...
- A v****al state is any state that has a mutual obligation to a superior state or empire, in a status similar to that of a v****al in the feudal system in...
- Look up v****al in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A v****al is a person regarded as having personal obligations to a landowner or monarch, in exchange...
- The Ottoman Empire had a number of tributary and v****al states throughout its history. Its tributary states would regularly send tribute to the Ottoman...
- Lacaton & V****al is an architecture agency founded by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe V****al in 1987. Their projects include private and social housing...
- foreign dignitaries from both within and without the empire — leaders of v****al nations, representatives from Rome, and other entities who came to the kurultai...
- of the warrior nobility and revolved around the key concepts of lords, v****als, and fiefs. A broader definition, as described by Marc Bloch (1939), includes...
- The V****al Engine is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games, tabletop games and card games. It allows users to play in...
- Martine V****al (French pronunciation: [maʁtin vasal]; née Gilles, 29 March 1962) is a French politician who has presided over the Aix-M****ille-Provence...
- varv****ore; Late Latin vav****or) is a term in feudal law. A vavasour was the v****al or tenant of a baron, one who held his tenancy under a baron, and who also...