vavasor
noun
(in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.
vavasour
-
a variation of
vavasor.
Example Sentences
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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
My daughter is young and fair and wise and a damsel of high lineage; and I am a rich vavasour, sprung of a noble house, and my land yieldeth a good thousand pounds each year.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
The vavasour comforted the damsel right sweetly and longed for her brother Perceval, but little thought he that he was so near him.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
"Sir," saith the vavasour, "Welcome may you be!"
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
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
