1. (

• vassal ,
• liege ,
• liegeman ,
• liege_subject ,
• feudatory

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

1. (

• feudatory

) of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; "a feudatory relationship" ;

2. (

• feudatory

) owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; "it remained feudatory to India until 1365" ;