All 3 Uses of
vassal
in
Remember the Ladies
- Are not the gentry lords, and the common people vassals?†
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- Are they not like the uncivilized vassals Britain represents us to be?†
- Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex; regard us then as beings placed by Providence under your protection, and in imitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness.†
Definition:
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(vassal) someone subservient to and dependent upon another -- especially part of the hierarchy in feudal times