vassal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Noun 3 Old French 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• vasal (rare)

[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"

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æsəl

[edit] Noun

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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.

[edit] Related terms

• valet
• varlet

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[edit] Adjective

vassal

1. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

[edit] Translations

• French: vassal m.

[edit] Verb

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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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /va.sal/, SAMPA: /va.sal/

[edit] Adjective

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

1. vassal

[edit] Noun

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

1. a vassal

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[edit] Old French

[edit] Noun

vassal m.

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