Word Meanings - ENVASSAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To make a vassal of.

VASSALESS
A female vassal. Spenser.
VASSAL
The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. Burrill. 2. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. "The vassals of his anger." Milton. Rear vassal,
VASSALAGE
1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. 2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. 3. A territory held in vassalage. "The Countship of Foix, with six territorial vassalages."
VASSALRY
The body of vassals.
ENVASSAL
To make a vassal of.