ALL meanings of vassal
vas·sal
V v - noun vassal (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. 1
- noun vassal a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer. 1
- noun vassal a servant or slave. 1
- adjective vassal of, relating to, or characteristic of a vassal. 1
- adjective vassal having the status or position of a vassal. 1
- noun vassal slave, servant 1
- countable noun vassal 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. 0
- countable noun vassal If you say that one country is a vassal of another, you mean that it is controlled by it. 0
- noun vassal (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a lord to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief. A great vassal was in vassalage to a king and a rear vassal to a great vassal 0
- noun vassal a person, nation, etc, in a subordinate, suppliant, or dependent position relative to another 0
- noun vassal (as modifier) 0
- adjective vassal of or relating to a vassal 0
- noun vassal in the Middle Ages, a person who held land under the feudal system, doing homage and pledging fealty to an overlord, and performing military or other duties in return for his protection; feudal tenant 0
- noun vassal a subordinate, subject, servant, slave, etc. 0
- adjective vassal of or like a vassal; dependent, servile, etc. 0
- adjective vassal being a vassal 0