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a person holding land in return for homage and allegiance
- vassala person holding land in return for homage and allegiance
- cottarsa peasant or farm laborer who occupies a cottage and sometimes a small holding of land usually in return for services
- cottara peasant or farm laborer who occupies a cottage and sometimes a small holding of land usually in return for services
- feudalismThe dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection
- burgages(in England and Scotland) Tenure of land in a town held in return for service or annual rent
- cotterperson occupying a plot of land and cottage, paid for in services
- cottersperson occupying a plot of land and cottage, paid for in services