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vavasor

[vav-uh-sawr, -sohr]

vav·a·sor

[vav-uh-sawr, -sohr]
noun
(in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.
Also, vav·a·sour [vav-uh-soor] .


Origin:
1300–50; Middle English vavasour < Old French, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal
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vavasor or vavasour (ˈvævəˌsɔː, ˈvævəˌsʊə)
 
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Also: vavassor (in feudal society) the noble or knightly vassal of a baron or great lord who also has vassals himself
 
[C13: from Old French vavasour, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal]
 
vavasour or vavasour
 
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[C13: from Old French vavasour, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal]

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