'Vassal' definitions:
Definition of 'vassal'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord [syn: vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory]
Definition of 'Vassal'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Feud. Law) 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. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a bondman; a slave. "The vassals of his anger." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Rear vassal, the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vassal'
From: GCIDE
- Vassal \Vas"sal\, a. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. [1913 Webster]
- The sun and every vassal star. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vassal'
From: GCIDE
- Vassal \Vas"sal\, v. t. To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vassal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bondmaid,
- bondman,
- bondslave,
- bondsman,
- bondswoman,
- captive,
- chattel,
- chattel slave,
- churl,
- client,
- concubine,
- creature,
- debt slave,
- dependent,
- feudal,
- feudatory,
- flunky,
- follower,
- galley slave,
- hanger-on,
- helot,
- homager,
- inferior,
- lackey,
- liege,
- liege man,
- liege subject,
- minion,
- myrmidon,
- odalisque,
- peon,
- retainer,
- serf,
- servant,
- servile,
- slave,
- stooge,
- subject,
- subordinate,
- subservient,
- theow,
- thrall,
- tributary,
- underling,
- understrapper,
- villein,
- yeoman