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- Dictionaryvassal/ˈvasl/
noun
- 1. a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance. historical
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VASSAL definition: 1. in medieval Europe, a man who agreed to fight for a king or lord (= rich and powerful land…. Learn more.
1. : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant. 2. : one in a subservient or subordinate position. vassal adjective. Examples of vassal in a Sentence.
VASSAL meaning: 1. in medieval Europe, a man who agreed to fight for a king or lord (= rich and powerful land…. Learn more.
Vassal definition: (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.. See examples of VASSAL used in a sentence.
Use vassal when referring to a servant, or anyone wholly dependent on another, or to describe a place that is controlled by one that is more powerful. For example, during World War II, Poland was a vassal of Germany.
1. countable noun. In feudal society, a vassal was a man who gave military service to a lord, in return for which he was protected by the lord and received land to live on. 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you say that one country is a vassal of another, you mean that it is controlled by it.
noun. /ˈvæsl/ a man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and show support for a king or other powerful owner of land, in return for being given land to live on. Want to learn more?
