vassal
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According to the polling expert, Mr Lee, "a growing portion of the public now believes China wants to turn South Korea into some kind of vassal state".
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
Sawai was magnificent for the way she deftly handled her character’s many facets — vassal, translator, warrior, lover, avenger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2024
Fealty in medieval Europe was an oath of fidelity in which the vassal pledged not to harm his lord or damage to his property.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Shaipov said Muscovy inherited its political culture not from Europe, but from the Mongol Empire of which it had long been a vassal.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
“Very well,” he says impatiently, not sounding in the least like a vassal about to swear to his lady.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
I’ll note that the demon is a more honest and fair negotiator than his vassals, who occasionally cheat and are punished in exactly the way you’re hoping to see.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Because of our past forays, these knights have long been vassals without lords.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
The vassals have a duty to give honest advice, and their advice is that this course of action is madness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
“But if you read between the lines, that’s what it means—these were vassals, probably of Tikal directly and Teotihuacán indirectly.”
From National Geographic ● Jan. 26, 2024
Instead, in the by-now familiar hegemonic pattern, they tried to force the rulers of the vanquished state to become their vassals.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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