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Vassal (n.)

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.

Vassal (n.)

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

Vassal (a.)

Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

Vassal (v. t.)

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

Vassalage (n.)

The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.

Vassalage (n.)

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

Vassalage (n.)

A territory held in vassalage.

Vassalage (n.)

Vassals, collectively; vassalry.

Vassalage (n.)

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

Vassaless (n.)

A female vassal.

Vassalry (n.)

The body of vassals.

Vast (superl.)

Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

Vast (superl.)

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

Vast (superl.)

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

Vast (superl.)

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

Vast (n.)

A waste region; boundless space; immensity.

Vastation (n.)

A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation.

Vastel (n.)

See Wastel.

Vastidity (n.)

Vastness; immensity.

Vastitude (n.)

Vastness; immense extent.