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Vassal :: Vassal (n.) A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave.

Manbote :: Manbote (n.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant)..

Freeman :: Freeman (n.) One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal..

Bond :: Bond (n.) A vassal or serf; a slave.

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks..

Liege :: Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject..

Vavasor :: Vavasor (n.) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron..

Arriere-ban :: Arriere-ban (n.) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France..

Vassalry :: Vassalry (n.) The body of vassals.

Freeborn :: Freeborn (a.) Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.

Manrent :: Manrent (n.) Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage..

Man :: Man (n.) An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject..

Feu :: Feu (n.) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money..

Vassal :: Vassal (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

Inthrall :: Inthrall (v. t.) To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave..

Terrier :: Terrier (n.) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like..

Aid :: Aid (v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.

Fine :: Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal..

Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate..

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage..

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