vassal

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. (historical) 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.
2. (historical) Any direct subordinate bound by such vows to a superior.
3. (figuratively) Any subordinate bound by similar close ties.

Adj

Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

Verb

1. (transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
2. (transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.

Từ đồng nghĩa

liegeman

liege

feudatory

liege subject

slave

retainer

servant

serf

attendant

satellite state

retinue

man

👨

servile

follower

slavish

subject

thrall

vassal state

feudal

bondman

indentured servant

Bản dịch

vassal

vasallo

Vasall

vazal

avasallar

vassallo

vassaliser

leenman

vassalo

Lehnsmann

vassall

υποτελής

servile

servile

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈvæsəl/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Được thừa hưởng từ Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: vassal

Có liên quan đến Tiếng Ai-len cổ: foss

Có liên quan đến Tiếng Wales: gwas

In summary

From Middle English vassal, 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).