Topic: GOVERNMENT
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus 'servant' |
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vas‧sal
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[countable]1PGC a man in the Middle Ages who was given land to live on by a lord in return for promising to work or fight for him
2 formalPG a country that is controlled by another country : 
a vassal state
a vassal state