noun
- A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.
- synonyms: vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord.
- usage: "a feudatory relationship"
- Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign.
- usage: "it remained feudatory to India until 1365"
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