English English Dictionary

The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.

A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave.

Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.

Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.

A territory held in vassalage.

Vassals, collectively; vassalry.

Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage.

A female vassal.

The body of vassals.

Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.

Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.

Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.

A waste region; boundless space; immensity.

A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation.

See Wastel.

Vastness; immensity.

Vastness; immense extent.