Vassal vs Suzerain - What's the difference?
vassal | suzerain |
(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.
A dominant nation or state which has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which has domestic autonomy.
A feudal landowner to whom vassals were forced to pledge allegiance.
Pertaining to a suzerain.
As nouns the difference between vassal and suzerain
is that vassal is 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 suzerain is a dominant nation or state which has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which has domestic autonomy.As adjectives the difference between vassal and suzerain
is that vassal is resembling a vassal; slavish; servile while suzerain is pertaining to a suzerain.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.