vas·sal /ˈvæsəl/
諸侯,奴僕(a.)諸侯的,奴僕的
Vas·sal n.
1. Feud. Law The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.
2. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a bondman; a slave. “The vassals of his anger.”
Rear vassal, the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal.
Vas·sal, a. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
The sun and every vassal star. --Keble.
Vas·sal, v. t. To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.]
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vassal
n : a person holding a fief [syn: liege, liegeman, liege
subject, feudatory]