VAVASOUR
\vˈavasə], \vˈavasə], \v_ˈa_v_a_s_ə]\
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One who was in dignity uext to a baron. Britt 109; Bract lib. 1, e. a One who held of a baron. Enc. Brit
By Henry Campbell Black
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vav'a-s[=oo]r, n. in feudal times, one who held his lands not directly of the crown but of one of the higher nobility.--n. VAV'AS[=O]RY, the tenure or lands of a vavasour. [O. Fr.,--Low L. vassus vassorum, vassal of vassals--vassus, vassal.]
By Thomas Davidson