Vavasour

//ˈvavəsʊə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly historical

    "Fiddler’s Green is missing? That is passing strange, Lucien. He is, after all, vavasour of his own dominion. And always so… reliable."

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subvassal

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"Fiddler’s Green is missing? That is passing strange, Lucien. He is, after all, vavasour of his own dominion. And always so… reliable."

Etymology

From Middle English vavasour, from Old French vavasour, from Medieval Latin vavassor, perhaps from vassus vassōrum (“vassal of vassals”).

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