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vassal states

vassal states is the plural of vassal state.

Meaning of vassal state

Noun

vassal state (plural vassal states)

  1. A state that is subordinate to another; a government that is chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state.
    • At a recent conference in Slovakia, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Belarus a “vassal state,” but said Europe bore some of the blame.2023 June 22, Valerie Hopkins, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Belarus Is Fast Becoming a ‘Vassal State’ of Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about vassal states

What is vassal states the plural of?
Vassal states is the plural of vassal state.

Words near vassal states in the dictionary

  1. vasquines
  2. Vasra
  3. Vass
  4. vassal
  5. vassal state
  6. vassal states
  7. vassal-in-chief
  8. vassalage
  9. vassalages
  10. Vassalboro
  11. vassaldom

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