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vassal. ( 1 in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. 2  a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer. 3  a servant or slave.
Vassals were in a somewhat higher class than peasants. In exchange for protection, land to work and a place to live, peasants provided the Lord with labor or a share of the produce or livestock yielded from his lands. The feudal system broke down in the 13th and 14th centuries following massive abuses.