vavasor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vavasor
1300–50; Middle English vavasour < Old French, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal
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When he asked for news of the vavasor and his lady, of his own father and of his kingdom, the report they gave him was good and fair.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
The vavasor had only one man-servant, and no maid for chamber or kitchen work.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
The vavasor and his wife rise too, and every knight and lady there prepares to escort the damsel and the knight.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
The vavasor then without delay had saddled a bay palfrey.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
There can nothing be said of the harness because of the dire poverty with which the vavasor was afflicted.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
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