Both of the tiny, mountainous statelets remain virtual Russian dependencies with little trade or access to the outside world.

I felt that the judge was making me an unwilling and unnecessary adjunct to the court system.

During the Qing Dynasty, philology was a mere handmaid of classical studies.

All great powers draw in the world's best and train the future leaders of their allies and vassal states.

The term "third world" used to mean poor and dependent.