vassal
51vassal — A grantee of land, a tenant, a feudatory, a landholder, under the feudal system. Originally no stigma was attached to the word but the abuses which crept into feudal tenure altered its meaning so that it came to signify a slave or bondman. See 2… …
52vassal — see VARLET …
53vassal — n. 1 hist. a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance. 2 rhet. a humble dependant. Derivatives: vassalage n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L vassallus retainer, of Celt. orig.: the root vassus corresp. to OBret. uuas,… …
54Rear vassal — Vassal Vas sal, n. [F., fr. LL. vassallus, vassus; of Celtic origin; cf. W. & Corn. gwas a youth, page, servant, Arm. gwaz a man, a male. Cf. {Valet}, {Varlet}, {Vavasor}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Feud. Law) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one… …
55vassal states — In international law, states which were supposed to possess only those rights and privileges which had been expressly granted to them, but actually they seem to have been very independent. Egypt was such; also Crete …
56vassal state — noun : a state with varying degrees of independence in its internal affairs but dominated by another state in its foreign affairs and potentially wholly subject to the dominating state …
57Vassal's grass — …
58arrière-vassal — arrière vassal, aux [ arjɛrvasal, o ] n. m. • 1599; de arrière et vassal ♦ Hist. Vassal d un suzerain qui était lui même le vassal d un autre seigneur. Les arrière vassaux formaient l arrière ban. ● arrière vassal, arrière vassaux nom masculin… …
59Lacaton et Vassal — L agence Lacaton et Vassal est une agence d architecture formée par l association d Anne Lacaton et de Jean Philippe Vassal en 1987. Sommaire 1 Biographie 1.1 Anne Lacaton 1.2 Jean Philippe Vassal 2 Association …
60Jean-Philippe Vassal — (né le 22 février 1954 à Casablanca au Maroc) est un architecte français. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Projets 2.1 Projets réalisés …
