vavasor

[ vav-uh-sawr, -sohr ]

noun
  1. (in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.

Origin of vavasor

1
1300–50; Middle English vavasour<Old French, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal
  • Also vav·a·sour [vav-uh-soor]. /ˈvæv əˌsʊər/.

Words Nearby vavasor

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How to use vavasor in a sentence

  • Thank you, Miss vavasor, you have helped me to the thorough conviction that there could never have been any real union between us.

    Weighed and Wanting | George MacDonald
  • This had been fitted up as a "study" for Mr. vavasor, and was very rarely used for any purpose.

    Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope
  • Such had been Mr. vavasor's pursuits and pleasures in life up to the time at which my story commences.

    Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope
  • Lady Macleod by no means avoided her noble relatives, nor did she at all avoid Alice vavasor.

    Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope
  • They did not even breakfast together, and after three o'clock in the day Mr. vavasor was never to be found in his own house.

    Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for vavasor

vavasor

vavasour (ˈvævəˌsʊə)

/ (ˈvævəˌsɔː) /


noun
  1. (in feudal society) the noble or knightly vassal of a baron or great lord who also has vassals himself: Also: vavassor

Origin of vavasor

1
C13: from Old French vavasour, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal

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