Vassal vs. Knight

Vassalnoun

(historical) 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.

Knightnoun

A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.

‘King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table’;

Vassalnoun

A subordinate

Knightnoun

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

Vassaladjective

Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

Knightnoun

Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

Vassalverb

(transitive) To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

Knightnoun

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

Vassalverb

(transitive) To subordinate to someone or something.

Knightnoun

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Vassalnoun

The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.

Knightverb

(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.

‘The king knighted the young squire.’;

Vassalnoun

A subject; a dependent; a servant; a bondman; a slave.

Knightverb

To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Vassaladjective

Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile.

‘The sun and every vassal star.’;

Knightnoun

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

Vassalverb

To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

Knightnoun

In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

‘Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms.’;

Vassalnoun

a person holding a fief

Knightnoun

A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

Vassal

A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support by knights in exchange for certain privileges, usually including land held as a tenant or fief.

Knightnoun

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Knightverb

To dub or create (one) a knight; - done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir --.

‘A soldier, by the honor-giving handOf CŒur-de-Lion knighted in the field.’;

Knightnoun

originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

Knightnoun

a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

Knightverb

raise (someone) to knighthood;

‘The Beatles were knighted’;

Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.Knighthood finds origins in the Greek hippeis and hoplite (ἱππεῖς) and Roman eques and centurion of classical antiquity.In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility.