vassal
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- vasal (rare)
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -æsəl
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia vassal (plural vassals)
- (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.
- A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
grantee of a fief
servant
Adjective [edit]
vassal (not comparable)
Translations [edit]
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- French: vassal m
Verb [edit]
vassal (third-person singular simple present vassals, present participle vassalling, simple past and past participle vassalled)
- (transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
- (transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.
Translations [edit]
to subordinate to someone
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Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
vassal m (feminine vassale, masculine plural vassaux, feminine plural vassales)
Noun [edit]
vassal m (plural vassaux; feminine vassale, plural vassales)
- a vassal
Anagrams [edit]
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
vassal m (oblique plural vassaus, nominative singular vassals, nominative plural vassal)
Descendants [edit]
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- French terms derived from Old French
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