vavasor
əˌsɔr, -ˌsoʊr noun
(in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English vavasour < Old French, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal
1300–50; Middle English vavasour < Old French, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal
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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 | |
| vavasour or vavasour | |
| —n | |
| [C13: from Old French vavasour, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see | |
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