The meaning of VASSAL is a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom they have vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant.

A vassal[1] or liege subject[2] is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe and elsewhere. While the …

Vassal definition: (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal …

vassal, in feudal society, one invested with a fief in return for services to an overlord. Some vassals did not have fiefs and lived at their lord’s court as his household knights.

VASSAL definition: 1. in medieval Europe, a man who agreed to fight for a king or lord (= rich and powerful land…. Learn more.

In feudal society, a vassal was a man who gave military service to a lord, in return for which he was protected by the lord and received land to live on.

Define vassal. vassal synonyms, vassal pronunciation, vassal translation, English dictionary definition of vassal. dependent; bondman; servant; slave: The vassal cared for the entire …

Definition of vassal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a man in the Middle Ages who promised to fight for and show support for a king or other powerful owner of land, in …

Use vassal when referring to a servant, or anyone wholly dependent on another, or to describe a place that is controlled by one that is more powerful. For example, during World War II, Poland …

vassal, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary