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vassal. ( 1 in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. 2  a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer. 3  a servant or slave.
HOMAGE, Eng. law. An acknowledgment made by the vassal in the presence of his lord, that he is his man, that is, his subject or vassal. The form in law French was, Jeo deveigne vostre home. 2. Homage was liege and feudal. The former was paid to the king, the latter to the lord.