vassal

Part of speech: noun

A feudal retainer; bondman; servant.

Part of speech: noun

Vassalage.

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Usage examples "vassal":

  1. Albert Friedrich being still a Minor, the Polish King, Sigismund, proposed to undertake the guardianship of him, as became a superior lord to a subject vassal on such an occasion. - "History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) Frederick The Great--The Hohenzollerns In Brandenburg--1412-1718", Thomas Carlyle.
  2. His queen, though he did not know it, was his vassal. - "Love Me Little, Love Me Long", Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English.
  3. To a Scotchman acquainted with the law of property as it has existed among us, in even the Highlands, for the last century, and everywhere else for at least two centuries more, the view may seem extreme; not so, however, to a native of the Continent, in many parts of which prescription and custom are found ranged, not on the side of the chief, but on that of the vassal. - "Leading Articles on Various Subjects", Hugh Miller.