英['væsl]美['væsl]
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在封建制度中，分封土地的人称为suzerain（宗主），而从宗主那里获得封地的人则称为vassal（封臣）。封臣在受封时，要向宗主发誓效忠，成为宗主的臣仆。英语单词vassal来自拉丁语vassallus（家臣、仆役），由vassus（仆佣）扩展而来。因此，vassal就是“臣仆、附庸”的意思。在一个封建国家中，国王就是最大的suzerain，他的vassal就是诸侯。诸侯及以下的各级vassal虽然在自己的宗主面前自称为臣仆，但在自己的领地上被人尊称为lord（领主）。=vassal n封臣，诸侯，附庸adj.臣属的，附庸的来自拉丁语vassus，仆人，词源同valet，varlet，用于指封臣。
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If this were Medieval Europe, you would probably be a vassal — like most everyone else. Vassals were people who worked the vast plots of land that were held by lords, who though much fewer in number, held all the wealth and power.
In days of yore, vassals pledged devotion to feudal lords, who were the landowners, in exchange for protection and use of the land—-called a fief. Use vassal when referring to a servant, or anyone wholly dependent on another, or to describe a place that is controlled by one that is more powerful. For example, during World War II, Poland was a vassal of Germany.
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vassal state附庸国；诸侯国；