Associations to the word «Vassal»
Noun
- Fief
- Overlord
- Principality
- Liang
- Homage
- Mongol
- Serf
- Siam
- Aquitaine
- Sultanate
- Ottoman
- Tokugawa
- Ruler
- Ottomans
- Aragon
- Retainer
- Allegiance
- Assyrian
- Princes
- Charlemagne
- Malwa
- Duchy
- Tang
- Ava
- Wei
- Judah
- Byzantine
- Nobles
- Jin
- Antioch
- Dynasty
- Tribute
- Iberia
- Sultan
- Castile
- Marko
- Bohemia
- Gao
- Sovereign
- Chu
- Sancho
- Emir
- Samurai
- Habsburg
- Empire
- Horde
- Javanese
- Alfonso
- Pharaoh
- Liu
- Emperor
- Anatolia
- Warlord
- Persia
- Burgundy
- Monarch
- Polity
- Loyalty
- Turkic
- Babylon
- Viceroy
- Bce
- Normandy
- Armenia
- Kingdom
- Mughal
- Cochin
- Rajah
- Han
- Emissary
- Tenant
Adjective
Adverb
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
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.