vavasor

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vav·a·sor

also vav·a·sour V0039900 (văv′ə-sôr′, -so͝or′)n. A feudal tenant who ranked directly below a baron or peer.
[Middle English vavasour, from Old French, from Medieval Latin vavassor, possibly contraction of vassus vassōrum, vassal of vassals : vassus, vassal (from Vulgar Latin *vassus; see vassal) + vassōrum, genitive pl. of vassus, vassal.]

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n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in feudal society) the noble or knightly vassal of a baron or great lord who also has vassals himself2. (Historical Terms) (in feudal society) the noble or knightly vassal of a baron or great lord who also has vassals himself[C13: from Old French vavasour, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassus vassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal]

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(ˈvæv əˌsɔr, -ˌsoʊr)

n. a feudal vassal ranking just below a baron. [1300–50; Middle English vavasour < Old French, perhaps contraction of Medieval Latin vassusvassōrum vassal of vassals; see vassal]