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# vassal

«vassal» in Mova's school dictionary: **A vassal was, in old times, a person who served a lord…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (vassal, vassals)

### meaning for a pupil

A vassal was, in old times, a person who served a lord and owed him loyalty and work. It is an old word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a vassal obeys and serves a lord or lady and bows before them

### examples

- The vassal bowed before his lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#x1)
- Katoda was a vassal who obeyed her mistress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#x2)
- The vassals gave the king their loyalty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vassal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vassal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.