Vassal

(noun.) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.

杰克逊整理

• In many points of detail the vassal's services differed widely in different parts of the feudal world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• One is reminded of the lines of Tennyson: Large elements in order brought And tracts of calm from tempest made, And world fluctuation swayed In vassal tides that followed thought. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I took my young sister (for I have another) to a place beyond the reach of this man, and where, at least, she will never be _his_ vassal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• She held herself aloof from me as if she had been a queen, and I her humble, unwashed vassal. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• By a feudal law, the vassal could not alienate without the consent of his superior, who generally extorted a fine or composition on granting it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The heir of every immediate vassal of the crown paid a certain duty, generally a year's rent, upon receiving the investiture of the estate. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The faithful performance of all the duties he had assumed in homage constituted the vassal's right and title to his fief. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We accepted the contract, and said-- Now persuade your vassals to fall back. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Many of his vassals had assembled at the news of his death, and followed the bier with all the external marks, at least, of dejection and sorrow. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Around her throng her eager, plump, happy feathered vassals John is about the stables, and John must be talked to, and her mare looked at. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Is Sator Throg to be murdered by his own vassals? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• But we will make the vassals call him. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

丹尼整理