单词	vassal
释义	vassalvas‧sal /ˈvæsəl/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINvassal Origin: 1300-1400 Old French, Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus ‘servant’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But they too posed a threat, for there were few of his vassals whom he could trust. He was a vassal, as indeed his father had been forty years earlier. If his creditors allowed him to be, he would be their vassal for life. Since he was already a papal vassal Sancho found the powers of the Church difficult to check. The whistle was lord; they were all vassals. Theoretically they should follow the lead of the Warbutt if he commands them; they are his vassals. Why are employees treated as vassals by the pension funds? Yet even with vassals of the same class, there might be differences. word sets WORD SETS► Citizenship banish, verbbill of rights, nounbirthright, nounburgher, nouncrown colony, noundefect, verbdemocracy, noundeport, verbdeportee, noundisplaced person, nounelectorate, noungreen card, nounID, nounID card, nounidentification, nounidentity card, nounillegal, nounillegal immigrant, nounimmigration, nounnational, nounnationality, nounnon-resident, nounpatriot, nounpublic, adjectiverefugee, nounregister, verbrepatriate, verbsponsor, nounstateless, adjectivesubject, nounvassal, noun 1a man in the Middle Ages who was given land to live on by a lord in return for promising to work or fight for him2formal a country that is controlled by another country:  a vassal state
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