English-Italian translations for vassal

• vassallo
  Il Nepal, però, non è uno Stato vassallo. Yet Nepal is not a vassal state.
  Ci si dimentica degli esempi positivi, ma ci si dimentica anche della Corea del Nord, stato vassallo della Repubblica popolare cinese. He forgets the positive examples but he also forgets about North Korea, a vassal of the People's Republic of China.
  Al prossimo vertice finanziario del G20, l'UE deve emanciparsi dal ruolo di vassallo che ha finora tenuto nei confronti della politica USA e mettere in atto regole severe e controlli rigorosi. The EU needs to emancipate itself at the forthcoming G20 financial summit from the role of vassal which it has played hitherto towards US policy and to implement strict rules and rigorous controls.

Definition of vassal

• The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant
• Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile
• To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave

Related words

• vassalage
• subvassal
• vassal state