vassal

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.

   “The manor's vassals owed first fruits and a tithe to the parish church, another 10% to the lord (including at least 50 eels), a week or two each year of service in the manor's upkeep, and service in the local fyrd.”

2. isim Any direct subordinate bound by such vows to a superior.

   “The king ordered his vassals to join him on the crusade unless they had a written note signed by the archbishop or pope.”

3. isim Any subordinate bound by similar close ties.

   “The vassals of his anger.”

4. sıfat Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

   “Did they, quoth you? / Who sees the heavenly Rosaline / That, like a rude and savage man of Inde / At the first opening of the gorgeous east / Bows not his vassal head and strucken blind / Kisses the base ground with obedient breast?”

5. fiil To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
6. fiil To subordinate to someone or something.