A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.

synonyms: liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal.

Dutch: soeverein, leenheer, slaafs, vazal
Polish: wasal

Of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord.

Roget 749: subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved etc. v.; constrained etc. 751; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call etc. (obedient) 743; liable etc. 177; parasitical; stipendiary.    ... show more

Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign.