Vassal /(?)/

Vas·sal

Vassal

n.
  1. The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. (Feud. Law)
  2. A subject; a dependent; a servant; a bondman; a slave.

Phrases & Compounds
Rear vassal
the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal.

Vassal

a.
  1. Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
    The sun and every vassal star.

Vassal

v. t.
  1. To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.]