"vasal" meaning in English

See vasal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin vās + -al. By surface analysis, vas + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|la:vās|al}} Latin vās + -al, {{surf|en|vas|-al}} By surface analysis, vas + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} vasal (not comparable)
  1. Relating to a vessel (of the body). Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: amphivasal, extravasal, intravasal
    Sense id: en-vasal-en-adj-GlfU5MSM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 25 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: vasals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vasal (plural vasals)
  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of vassal. Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: vassal
    Sense id: en-vasal-en-noun-sx4U8qi5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: vasals [present, singular, third-person], vasaling [US, participle, present], vasalling [UK, participle, present], vasaled [US, participle, past], vasaled [US, past], vasalled [UK, participle, past], vasalled [UK, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|+l}} vasal (third-person singular simple present vasals, present participle (US) vasaling or (UK) vasalling, simple past and past participle (US) vasaled or (UK) vasalled)
  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of vassal. Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: vassal
    Sense id: en-vasal-en-verb-sx4U8qi5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "form": "vasaled",
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      "form": "vasaled",
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