vassal

Meaning

vassal

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/va.sal/

Etymology

From Old French vassal, from Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from Latin vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).

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Roboam devient un vassal de Sheshonq, et lui laisse les trésors pillés comme tribut .

Roboam becomes a vassal of Sheshonq, and leaves him the looted treasures as tribute.

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