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.
vassal state,
vassal states,
rear vassal,
arriere vassal,
Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire,
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▸ 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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