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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vas•sal /ˈvæsəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- World History(in the feudal system of the Middle Ages) a person who is given permission to use land in return for promising loyalty and usually military service to a lord or other superior.
- a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subordinate.
adj. [before a noun] - World Historyhaving the status of a vassal:the superpowers and their vassal states.
vas•sal•age /ˈvæsəlɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vas•sal (vas′əl),USA pronunciation n. - World History(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 tenant. - a person holding some similar relation to a superior;
a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer. - a servant or slave.
adj. - World Historyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vassal.
- World Historyhaving the status or position of a vassal.
- Celtic; compare Welsh gwas young man, Irish foss servant) + -allus noun, nominal suffix
- Medieval Latin vassallus, equivalent. to vass(us) servant (
- Middle French
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vassal /ˈvæsəl/ n - (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a lord to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief. A great vassal was in vassalage to a king and a rear vassal to a great vassal
- a person, nation, etc, in a subordinate, suppliant, or dependent position relative to another
- (as modifier): vassal status
adj - of or relating to a vassal
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus servant, of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwas boy, Old Irish foss servant |