vassal (adj.) Old form(s): Vassall
subject, servile, subordinate
H5 III.v.51[French King to all, of the valleys] whose low vassel seat / The Alps doth spit and void his rheum upon
Luc.608[Lucrece to Tarquin] no outrageous thing / From vassal actors can be wiped away
R2 III.iii.89[King Richard to his opponents, of God's armies] they shall strike / Your children yet unborn and unbegot, / That lift your vassal hands against my head
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