vavasor

[ vav-uh-sawr, -sohr ]

/ ˈvæv əˌsɔr, -ˌsoʊr /

(in the feudal system) a vassal ranking just below a baron.

Also vav·a·sour

[vav-uh-soo r] /ˈvæv əˌsʊər/.

Origin of vavasor

1300–50; Middle English vavasour < Old French, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal

vaupés, vauquelin, vaux, vauxhall, vav, vavasor, vavasory, vavilov, vaward, vb, vb.

But Vavasor swore to himself that he would not part with another shilling.

Can You Forgive Her? |Anthony Trollope
He would be absent when Vavasor called, or the clerk would say that he was absent.

Can You Forgive Her? |Anthony Trollope
No doubt Mr. Vavasor has explained it all; but the fact is, he must have them this afternoon.

Can You Forgive Her? |Anthony Trollope
Vavasor was utterly enchanted, but too world-eaten to recognize the soul she almost waked in him for any other than the old one.

Weighed and Wanting |George MacDonald

Then, as Vavasor simply sneered at him, but spoke nothing, he went on.

Can You Forgive Her? |Anthony Trollope

vavasor

/ (ˈvævəˌsɔː) /

(in feudal society) the noble or knightly vassal of a baron or great lord who also has vassals himself Also: vavassor

C13: from Old French vavasour, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal