Vassal vs Homager - What's the difference?
vassal | homager |
(historical) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.
A subject; a dependant; a servant; a slave.
* Milton
Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.
To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.
To subordinate to someone or something.
As nouns the difference between vassal and homager
is that vassal is (historical) the grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant while homager is one who pays (or already did so) feudal homage, hence a vassal.As an adjective vassal
is resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.As a verb vassal
is to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.vassal
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Alternative forms
* vasal (rare)Noun
(wikipedia vassal) (en noun)- The vassals of his anger.
