vavasourn.

Brit.

/ˈvavəsɔː/,

/ˈvavəsʊə/,

/ˈvavəsə/, U.S.

/ˈvævəˌsɔr/

Forms: α. Middle English vauasour(e, Middle English, 1600s– vavasour (Middle English vavasoure), Middle English favasour, Scottish wawasour, vauesowre, 1600s vavesour; Middle English vavyssoure, vauyssour, 1600s vauessour, vauassour, 1800s vavassour. β. Middle English vauaser, 1600s, 1800s vavasor, vavassor. γ. 1500s–1600s valuasor, 1500s–1700s valvasor, 1600s–1700s valvasour, 1800s valvassor.

Etymology: < Old French vavas(s)our, vavas(s)or, vavasseur (so modern French), or medieval Latin vavassor, valvassor, also vasvassor, apparently < vassi vassorum ‘vassals of vassals’. Compare Old Provençal va(l)vasor, Italian varvassore, -oro, barbassore, -oro.

Now archaic and Historical.

A feudal tenant ranking immediately below a baron.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > baron or baroness > [noun] > tenant of

vavasourc1330

α.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10996 He gaf giftes of honurs, & landes & rentes, to vauasours.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 430 Litel prowesse for me it were wiþ a vauasour for to melle.

a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 3300 Noot ich no tale of his squyers, Ne of vavasours, ne of Bachilers.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 15 All kingis suld haue vnder thame dukkis and princis, Erllis & vicountes, and vauvassouris & barouns.

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1729 Syne to thi tennandis & to thi wawasouris, If [= give] essy haknays, palfrais, and cursouris.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. v. §4 Now for the nature of a vavasour;..it is plain that he was ever beneath a baron.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 76 Others served on horseback, and were called Radknights,..and these I take to be the Vavasours, noted in the Conquerours Laws.

1660 R. Sheringham Kings Supremacy Asserted v. 43 There are other great men under the King which are called Barons, and other which are called Vavasours, men of great dignity.

1756 Connoisseur No. 102. ⁋1 Upon my accession..to my elder brother's estate and title of a Baronet I received a visit from Rouge Dragon..to congratulate me upon my new rank of a Vavasour.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 65 William the conqueror..directing..that a certain quantity..should be paid by the earls, barons, and vavasours respectively.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 15 One or two Scottish retainers or vavasours..sat at the bottom of the table.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. ii. 182 The..ignominious flight of the counts and vavasours of great William the Duke.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xv. 207 It was ordered that the sheriff should be a vavasour of the County.

β. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 360 A schirreue hadde he ben and a counter, Was nowher such a worthi vauaser.1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 109 Baron, Knight,..Vavasor, Squire, Castellan.1642 W. Bird Mag. of Honour 8 There be others which are called Vavasors,..men of great dignity.1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 35 The Middle-Thane was feudall, but not honorary; he was also call'd a Vavasor.1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 149 The vassals of this high nobility, who..were usually termed Vavassors.1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. i. 32 Similar provisions follow as to the relief to be paid by barons, vavassors, and villeins.γ. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 113 As for the valvasors, it was a denomination applied unto all degrees of honor under the first three.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 696 The Kings Valvasors in times past they were.1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 289 For a Corollarie to this Discourse of Barons, we add..the ancient title of Vauassours or Valuasors.1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) i. iii. iv. 186 Baronets..are constituted in the Room of the Ancient Valvasours, between the Barons of England, and the Orders of Knights.1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 403 The first name of dignity, next beneath a peer, was antiently that of vidames, vice domini, or valvasors.1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 768 Lord, liegeman, valvassor and suzerain, Ere he could choose, surrounded him.1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vi. iii. 57 Heribert refused to admit the valvassors of the Church of Milan to this privilege.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vavasour
释义	vavasourn. Brit. /ˈvavəsɔː/, /ˈvavəsʊə/, /ˈvavəsə/, U.S. /ˈvævəˌsɔr/ Forms: α. Middle English vauasour(e, Middle English, 1600s– vavasour (Middle English vavasoure), Middle English favasour, Scottish wawasour, vauesowre, 1600s vavesour; Middle English vavyssoure, vauyssour, 1600s vauessour, vauassour, 1800s vavassour. β. Middle English vauaser, 1600s, 1800s vavasor, vavassor. γ. 1500s–1600s valuasor, 1500s–1700s valvasor, 1600s–1700s valvasour, 1800s valvassor. Etymology: < Old French vavas(s)our, vavas(s)or, vavasseur (so modern French), or medieval Latin vavassor, valvassor, also vasvassor, apparently < vassi vassorum ‘vassals of vassals’. Compare Old Provençal va(l)vasor, Italian varvassore, -oro, barbassore, -oro. Now archaic and Historical. A feudal tenant ranking immediately below a baron. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > baron or baroness > [noun] > tenant of vavasourc1330 α. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10996 He gaf giftes of honurs, & landes & rentes, to vauasours. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 430 Litel prowesse for me it were wiþ a vauasour for to melle. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 3300 Noot ich no tale of his squyers, Ne of vavasours, ne of Bachilers. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 15 All kingis suld haue vnder thame dukkis and princis, Erllis & vicountes, and vauvassouris & barouns. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1729 Syne to thi tennandis & to thi wawasouris, If [= give] essy haknays, palfrais, and cursouris. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. v. §4 Now for the nature of a vavasour;..it is plain that he was ever beneath a baron. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 76 Others served on horseback, and were called Radknights,..and these I take to be the Vavasours, noted in the Conquerours Laws. 1660 R. Sheringham Kings Supremacy Asserted v. 43 There are other great men under the King which are called Barons, and other which are called Vavasours, men of great dignity. 1756 Connoisseur No. 102. ⁋1 Upon my accession..to my elder brother's estate and title of a Baronet I received a visit from Rouge Dragon..to congratulate me upon my new rank of a Vavasour. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 65 William the conqueror..directing..that a certain quantity..should be paid by the earls, barons, and vavasours respectively. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 15 One or two Scottish retainers or vavasours..sat at the bottom of the table. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. ii. 182 The..ignominious flight of the counts and vavasours of great William the Duke. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xv. 207 It was ordered that the sheriff should be a vavasour of the County. β. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 360 A schirreue hadde he ben and a counter, Was nowher such a worthi vauaser.1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 109 Baron, Knight,..Vavasor, Squire, Castellan.1642 W. Bird Mag. of Honour 8 There be others which are called Vavasors,..men of great dignity.1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 35 The Middle-Thane was feudall, but not honorary; he was also call'd a Vavasor.1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 149 The vassals of this high nobility, who..were usually termed Vavassors.1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. i. 32 Similar provisions follow as to the relief to be paid by barons, vavassors, and villeins.γ. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 113 As for the valvasors, it was a denomination applied unto all degrees of honor under the first three.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 696 The Kings Valvasors in times past they were.1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 289 For a Corollarie to this Discourse of Barons, we add..the ancient title of Vauassours or Valuasors.1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) i. iii. iv. 186 Baronets..are constituted in the Room of the Ancient Valvasours, between the Barons of England, and the Orders of Knights.1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 403 The first name of dignity, next beneath a peer, was antiently that of vidames, vice domini, or valvasors.1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 768 Lord, liegeman, valvassor and suzerain, Ere he could choose, surrounded him.1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vi. iii. 57 Heribert refused to admit the valvassors of the Church of Milan to this privilege. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330
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