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vassal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman |
| Type of | follower |
Examples of vassal
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Jehoiakim ruled originally as a vassal of the Egyptians, paying a heavy tribute.
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Since the treaty of 1589-90 Abbas had been regarded as almost an Ottoman vassal.
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Sviatoslav began by rallying the Khazars'East Slavic vassal tribes to his cause.
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He looks vassal and makes America appear weak with every mouth off he protests.
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King Pedro V voluntarily reaffirmed Kongo's position a Portuguese vassal in 1888.
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It has been suggested that vassal state be merged into this article or section.
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Hethum, who came spontaneously as a vassal, was very well received by the Mongols.
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He married secondly Adelais, the daughter of low-ranking vassal of Hugh Capet.
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In 1387, Moldavia became a vassal of Poland and in a broader sense, Lithuania.
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- A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- A vassal, in the terminology that preceded and accompanied the feudalism of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a monarch, usually of military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fief. ...
- 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; To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to ...
- (Vassals) Person who took possession of land in return for allegience and service to the Monarch.
- A player that gives tribute to another player for protection.
- 1) A freeman who holds land (fief) from a lord to whom he pays homage and swears fealty. He owes various services and obligations, primarily military. ...
- A person who holds a fief granted by a superior, or lord.
- A man who promised to be loyal to his lord in return for protection and land
- Originally the comitatus of German relations where a man would offer his services in return for the protection of a lord. ...
