Usage of "vassal" | TermGallery

ruso

вассалитет

portugués

vassalagem

español

vasallo

catalán

feudatari

Person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe.

vassalage

portugués

catalán

español

A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.

vasallo

Resembling a vassal.

Sinónimos

Examples for "servile"

servile
slavish

Examples for "servile"

The distinction between the free and the servile classes was temporarily abolished. 
 The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion 

Already the whole mass of the servile crowded around the future monarch. 
 The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ... 

Possibly she considered it refreshing after the servile adulation of the M.P.s. 
 Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 

They have contrasted the free and noble with the mean and servile. 
 The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti... 

This is true only of the period preceding the second servile war. 
 A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 

The fear surely is not that of shivering dread or slavish terror. 
 Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses ... 

Yet in such loyalty there was no trace of a slavish spirit. 
 The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V... 

Our wisdom is slavish prejudice, our customs consist in control, constraint, compulsion. 
 Emile 

Mother imagines that I am the slavish echo of my brother Victor. 
 Under Western Eyes 

She has dared to impose slavish tasks upon thee, born in freedom. 
 Waverley Novels — Volume 12 

Uso de vassal en inglés

It is the second of our vassal states to ask for help. 
 Nefertiti 

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

Each principal vassal was a kind of sovereign, within his particular demesnes. 
 The Federalist Papers 

The Cid then became a vassal of the Moorish king of Saragossa. 
 Famous Men of the Middle Ages 

The vassal of Otho had reduced the successor of Otho to vassalage. 
 The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlem... 

I am vassal to but one; give me Erle Palma, my king. 
 Infelice 

But it was quite curious how preoccupied Wynn was with Toret's vassal. 
 Thief of lives 

Thou hast forgotten the poverty thou didst preach, enamoured vassal of Banks! 
 Down There 

Under certain circumstances the vassal was also compelled to make money payments. 
 Early European History 

King Gunther receives the fair Recken into his service as a vassal. 
 Legends of the Rhine 

A feudal lord could not have exacted more of his vassal chiefs. 
 History of the Expedition to Russia / Undertaken by the Emperor ... 

A vassal is sent to woo a beauteous princess for his lord. 
 A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music 

The proud Brunhild, however, is indignant at her sister-in-law wedding a vassal. 
 Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho... 

For the first time Gunther's vassal will then become acquaint with grief. 
 The Nibelungenlied 

For you must know that this Count Riol was the Duke's vassal. 
 The Romance of Tristan and Iseult 

Royal Catholic Majesty, your Catholic Majesty's most humble vassal, and insignificant servant. 
 The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 / 1583-1588 ... 