Usually means: Subordinates granted land for loyalty.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (vassal)

noun:  (historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.
noun:  (historical) Any direct subordinate bound by such vows to a superior.
noun:  (figurative) Any subordinate bound by similar close ties.
adjective:  Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
verb:  (transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
verb:  (transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.
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