vavasor
noun
(in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.
vavasour
-
a variation of
vavasor.
Example Sentences
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The young knight's name was Messire Guillaume of a sooth, and he abode in that same forest wherein the old vavasour had his stronghold, with its riches and its wide lands.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
An immense tourney for the hand of Melior is to be held, with a jury of kings to judge it: and everybody, Christian or pagan, from emperor to vavasour is invited to compete.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
The history saith that Perceval is come into a hold, there where his sister was in the house of a vavasour that was a right worshipful man.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
Of a worshipful vavasour that owned this hold, and of Messire Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, and his mother.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
God save you, sir; the old vavasour who has long been your friend, as ye well know, hath in great need sent me to you.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
