单词 | vassal |
释义 | vassal (væsəl ) Word forms: vassals 1. countable noun 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. 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you say that one country is a vassal of another, you mean that it is controlled by it. [written, disapproval] The question is whether the country is destined to end up as a vassal of its larger northern neighbour. [+ of] |
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