vassal state

vassal state (plural vassal states)

1. A state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state.

   Coordinate term: satellite state

   • 2023 June 22, Valerie Hopkins, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Belarus Is Fast Becoming a ‘Vassal State’ of Russia”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     At a recent conference in Slovakia, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Belarus a “vassal state,” but said Europe bore some of the blame.