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vassalhood en · NOUN

Etymology

From vassal + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being a vassal; vassalage.
    • Let's escape, good friend, before the whole mounted vassalhood is down upon us! 1848, Henry Whitelock Torrens, Madame de Malguet: A Tale of 1820, volume 3, page 134:
    • The coexistence, under the same label, of "private" vassalhood and a particular idea of public service should help us to see that the notion of a feudal society devoid of public ethos is a trap. 2009, Dominique Barthélemy, The Serf, the Knight, and the Historian, page 148: