avoyern.

/avwajɛ/

/əˈvɔɪə/

Forms: Also 1500s aduoyer, 1600s–1700s advoyer.

Etymology: French: perhaps connected with avoué; but the form has not been explained.

The French title of the first magistrate of some of the Swiss Cantons, dating from the time when their chief towns were free imperial cities. Used in Berne till 1794.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > chief magistrate of Swiss canton

avoyer1586

landammann1796

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 624 In some places they haue Aduoyers, or Bourg-maisters, as in the Cantons of Switzerland, and in the free townes of Germany, which acknowledge an Emperour.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 484 Avoyer, or Doge of the Commonwealth.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4350/3 The Advoyer..of the Town of Berne.

1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 304 Berne..a schultheiss or avoyer was the chief magistrate.

Derivatives

avoyership n. the position or office of an avoyer.

ΚΠ

1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 25 In a competition for the Advoyer-ship.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	avoyer
释义	avoyern. /avwajɛ//əˈvɔɪə/ Forms: Also 1500s aduoyer, 1600s–1700s advoyer. Etymology: French: perhaps connected with avoué; but the form has not been explained. The French title of the first magistrate of some of the Swiss Cantons, dating from the time when their chief towns were free imperial cities. Used in Berne till 1794. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > chief magistrate of Swiss canton avoyer1586 landammann1796 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 624 In some places they haue Aduoyers, or Bourg-maisters, as in the Cantons of Switzerland, and in the free townes of Germany, which acknowledge an Emperour. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 484 Avoyer, or Doge of the Commonwealth. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4350/3 The Advoyer..of the Town of Berne. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 304 Berne..a schultheiss or avoyer was the chief magistrate. Derivatives avoyership n. the position or office of an avoyer. ΚΠ 1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 25 In a competition for the Advoyer-ship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1586
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