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.
A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. "The vassals of his anger." Milton. Rear vassal, the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal.
Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. The sun and every vassal star. Keble.
To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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