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Definition of Vavasor

Vavasor
Vavasor Vav"a*sor, n. [OE. vavasour, OF. vavassor, vavassour, F. vavasseur, LL. vavassor, probably contr. from vassus vassorum vassal of the vassals. See Vassal.] (Feud. Law) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron. --Burrill. ``A worthy vavasour.' --Chaucer. [Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc.] Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty. --Motley.

Meaning of Vavasor from wikipedia

- A vavasour (also vavasor; Old French vav****or, vav****our; Modern French vav****eur; Italian valv****ore, varv****ore; Late Latin vav****or) is a term in feudal...
- Vavasor (or Vavasour) Powell (1617 – 27 October 1670) was a Welsh Puritan and Fifth Monarchist, imprisoned for his role in a plot to depose King Charles II...
- Donald Eccles: The Old Squire Vavasor, father of John Vavasor, grandfather of George Vavasor; present owner of Vavasor Hall, which George hopes to inherit...
- stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. Early on...
- John Vavasor. Alice's father and George's uncle. Heir to the Vavasor fortune after George is disinherited. Kate Vavasor. Sister of George Vavasor and cousin...
- Clement Vavasor Durell (born 6 June 1882, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, died South Africa, 10 December 1968) was an English schoolmaster who wrote mathematical...
- millenarian wing of Puritanism, aided by strident, po****r clergy like Vavasor Powell, agitated from the right wing of the movement, even as sectarian...
- entourage that constituted a noble's familia or "household", might be termed a vavasor in do****ents.[citation needed] Several influential Romans, such as Caesar...
- Beatrice le Botiller Sir Fulk FitzWarin Hawise FitzWarin Parent(s) Robert le Vavasor – High Sheriff of Lancashire grand-daughter of Adam FitzPeter of Birkin...
- Menace, Spy Trap and The Death of Adolf Hitler. In 1974 she pla**** Alice Vavasor in six episodes of The Pallisers. Her other television work includes Within...