vassal

noun

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Definition of vassal:

vassal (noun):: a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.; a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty a feudal tenant; (in feudal society) a man who gave military service to a lord in return for protection and often land

Synonyms for vassal:

bondservant

bondsman

feudatory

follower

liege

liege subject

liegeman

retainer

serf

slave

subject

thrall

varlet

Antonyms for vassal:

administrator

baas

boss

captain

chair

chairman

chairperson

chairwoman

chief

chieftain

commander

controller

director

employer

figurehead

freeman

head

headman

kingpin

leader

liege

lord

manager

master

mistress

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