(~s)
1.
In feudal society, a ~ was a man who gave military service to a lord, in return for which he was protected by the lord and received land to live on.
N-COUNT
2.
If you say that one country is a ~ of another, you mean that it is controlled by it. (WRITTEN)
Opponents of the treaty argue that monetary union will turn France into a ~ of Germany.
N-COUNT: usu sing disapproval