vavasour

noun /ˈvavəsʊə/

1. a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly

   historical

   Fiddler’s Green is missing? That is passing strange, Lucien. He is, after all, vavasour of his own dominion. And always so… reliable.

Where it comes from

From Middle English vavasour, from Old French vavasour, from Medieval Latin vavassor, perhaps from vassus vassōrum (“vassal of vassals”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry vavasour (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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