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# vassal

noun (vassal, vassals)

«vassal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A vassal was, in old times, a person who served a lord and owed him loyalty and work. It is an old word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a vassal obeys and serves a lord or lady and bows before them

### Examples

- The vassal bowed before his lord. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#x1)
- Katoda was a vassal who obeyed her mistress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#x2)
- The vassals gave the king their loyalty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vassal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vassal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vassal.html) on Mova free.