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vergobret|ˈvɜːgəbrɛt| [ad. L. vergobretus, of Gaulish origin. So obs. F. vergobert.] The chief magistrate among the ancient ædui of Gaul. Also transf.
1563Golding Cæsar i. 12 The principall office, which they call Vergobret,..is an offyce that lasteth but from yere to yere, and for the tyme hath absolute power of life and deathe. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. I. 3 The power of the Vergobret, or Prince of each tribe, was absolute. 1892Freeman Hist. Ess. Ser. iv. v. 107 The present literary vergobret of the æduan state..refused all help. |