vassale

French

Noun

vassale f (plural vassales)

1. female equivalent of vassal

Adjective

vassale

1. feminine singular of vassal

Further reading

• “vassale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lavasse

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English vassal, from Old French vassal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈsɔːɫ/

Noun

vassale (plural vassalès)

1. subject
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 16-18:

     y'ast, bie ractzom o'honde, ee-delt t'ouz ye laas ee-mate var ercha vassale, ne'er dwythen na dicke waie nar dicka.

     you have with impartial hand ministered the laws made for every subject, without regard to this party or that.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114