Roumania must become a vassal state or be conquered.

Bulgaria owes her independence to Russia, and yet seems willing now to become a vassal of Russia's enemies.

To him alone, under Providence, we owe it that England did not become a vassal province of France.

The fugitive king of the island is persuaded to surrender to the Spaniards and become a vassal of Felipe.

He desired to become a vassal of the Portuguese crown, and to have leave to reside under their jurisdiction.

I had to make allowance for the young king, who now had become a vassal, and I determined to observe the extreme of moderation.

The king of Grenada was speedily forced to become a vassal of Castile, and from this period all danger from Moorish rule was over.

How long do you suppose we could escape becoming a vassal power?

The Cid then became a vassal of the Moorish king of Saragossa.

There was nothing that seemed degrading to that age about becoming a vassal.

It ill becomes a vassal's mouth to betray the bread which it has eaten.

When a man is but once brought to be driven, he becomes a vassal to his affairs.

Duke Bugislav soon after became a vassal of Denmark, and of the Emperor's plots there was an end.

Whether Austria-Hungary became a vassal of victorious Germany or disintegrated under the shock of defeat, it was probably doomed.

A man passed from the classes that were looked down upon, the peasantry and the bourgeoisie, into the nobility by becoming a vassal.

A man-servant appeared on this occasion, and bowed, as became a vassal in a linen jacket, before his liege lord in a wide-awake hat.