Associations to the word «Vassal»

Wiktionary

VASSAL, noun. (historical) 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.
VASSAL, noun. A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.
VASSAL, adjective. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
VASSAL, verb. (transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
VASSAL, verb. (transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.
VASSAL STATE, noun. A state that is subordinate to another.
VASSAL STATES, noun. Plural of vassal state

Dictionary definition

VASSAL, noun. A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats