Vassal
21vassal — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus servant, vassal, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh gwas young man, servant Date: 14th century 1. a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he …
22vassal — UK [ˈvæs(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms vassal : singular vassal plural vassals literary 1) someone during the Middle Ages who was loyal to a king who gave them a home and protection 2) a person or country that depends completely on, and… …
23vassal — vas•sal [[t]ˈvæs əl[/t]] n. 1) why (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usu. military service to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant 2) a person holding some similar relation to a …
24vassal — /ˈvæsəl / (say vasuhl) noun 1. (in the feudal system) a person holding lands by the obligation to render military service or its equivalent to a superior. 2. a feudatory tenant. 3. a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject,… …
25vassal — /vsesal/ A feudal tenant or grantee; a feudatory; the holder of a fief on a feudal tenure, and by the obligation of performing feudal services. The correlative term was lord. The vassal himself might have been lord of some other vassal. In later… …
26VASSAL — ALE. s. Celui, celle qui relève d un seigneur à cause d un fief. Il était vassal, elle était vassale de tel seigneur. Les vassaux de tel fief. Les vassaux d une terre …
27vassal — vas|sal [ˈvæsəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus servant ] 1.) a man in the Middle Ages who was given land to live on by a lord in return for promising to work or fight for him 2.) formal a country… …
28vassal — noun (C) 1 a man in the middle ages who was given land to live on by a lord in return for promising to work or fight for him 2 formal a country that is controlled by another country: a vassal state …
29Vassal — In the Middle Ages, a Vassal was a free man who offered his services to a lord in exchange for protection. This provided a type of stability that helped society grow. See Servitum Debitum …
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30vassal — <fr.> 1. tar. Orta əsrlərdə Qərbi Avropada: özündən daha böyük və güclü olan feodaldan asılı və onun üçün müəyyən mükəlləfiyyətlər görməyə borclu olan feodal. 2. məc. İqtisadi və siyasi cəhətdən başqasından asılı olan. Vassal dövlətlər …
