Master
Master noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.
Vassals
Both words in one sentence
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Merida learns how essential this trope is for a princess; being a master archer is all well and good but she needs to be able to placate her bickering vassals and be subtle to change tradition.
Source: Silk Hiding Steel - In "High" Medieval Western Europe, also, a vassal could hardly be said to have a "master"; vassals were obligated to show up with troops when their liege asked, and stay for a term (usually 90 days or so).
Source: My Master, Right or Wrong
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