What does "vassal" mean?
Vassal: A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. "The vassals of his anger." Milton. Rear vassal, the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal.
Additional senses
- 2.Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. The sun and every vassal star. Keble.
- 3.To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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