Vassal

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.

Related terms

 * valet
 * varlet

Adjective

 * 1) Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

Verb

 * 1)  To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
 * 2)  To subordinate to someone or something.

Adjectives for Vassal
rebellious; gallant; skillful; tributary; belligerent; dreaded; duteous; humble; obsequious.

Thesaurus
bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, client, concubine, creature, debt slave, dependent, feudal, feudatory, flunky, follower, galley slave, hanger-on, helot, homager, inferior, lackey, liege, liege man, liege subject, minion, myrmidon, odalisque, peon, retainer, serf, servant, servile, slave, stooge, subject, subordinate, subservient, theow, thrall, tributary, underling, understrapper, villein, yeoman

Alternative forms

 * vasal

Etymology
From, from vassal:, from  vassallus:, from vassus:, from Old Celtic *wasso- "young man, squire"

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Anagrams

 * slavas
 * vasals

Adjective

 * 1) vassal

Noun

 * 1) a vassal

Anagrams

 * valsas

Noun

 * 1) vassal

Descendants

 * English: vassal
 * French: vassal