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A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

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  1. n. A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
  2. adj. of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to their lord
  3. adj. owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign
  4. n. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  5. a. of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord s. owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign