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vassal

/vas-uhl/US // ˈvæs əl //UK // (ˈvæsəl) //

附庸,附庸国,臣子,附庸风雅

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a vassal.
    • : having the status or position of a vassal.

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Examples

  • Paola Dionisotti as Lady Anya Waynwood Lady Anya Waynwood is the head of House Waynwood, a powerful vassal to House Arryn.

  • Which, according to party orthodoxy, would have been an economically backward, single-ideology vassal state of the Soviet Union.

  • I have dared to relate this to your Majesty because of my zeal as a loyal vassal, and as one who looks at things dispassionately.

  • As vassal of the Crown and prince of the blood, Conde was bound to obey the summons of his sovereign.

  • After all he was a Moslem, and a Turkish vassal, and a consistent contemner of Russians, so wherefore should he stand aside?

  • Each of these vassal states was made to pay handsomely for its new acquisitions.

  • I loved you from the first—not like a vassal either—and will always love you.