vassal

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French vassal, from Mediaeval Latin vassallus (manservant, domestic, retainer), from vassus (servant), from Old Celtic *wasso- "young man, squire"

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Singular
vassal

Plural
vassals

vassal (plural vassals)

  1. The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.
  2. A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.

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vassal

  1. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

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  • French: vassal m.

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Infinitive
to vassal

Third person singular
vassals

Simple past
vasalled

Past participle
vasalled

Present participle
vasalling

to vassal (third-person singular simple present vassals, present participle vasalling, simple past and past participle vasalled)

  1. (transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
  2. (transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.

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vassal m. (f. vassale, m. plural vassaux, f. plural vassales)

  1. vassal

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vassal m. (plural vassaux; feminine vassale, plural vassales)

  1. a vassal

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vassal m.

  1. Nominative plural of vassaus
  2. Oblique singular of vassaus
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