VAS'SAL, n. 1. A feudatory; a tenant; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him. A rear vassal is one who holds of a lord who is himself a vassal.2. A subject; a dependant.3. A servant.4. In common language, a bondman; a political slave. We will never be the vassals of a foreign prince.VAS'SAL, v.t. To subject to control; to enslave.
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