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Vavasor   Listen
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Vavasor  n.  (Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc)  (Feud. Law) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron. "A worthy vavasour." "Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty."






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"Vavasor" Quotes from Famous Books



... following scene in a tale named the Divorcee. The heroine, Amelia, is married in early life to a Mr. Allanby, "a man with 10,000l. per annum, and a grey pigtail:" the match turns out a miserable one: Amelia's dishonour by Vavasor Kendal, her divorce, and Mr. Allanby's death are told in a few pages—the guilty pair, Vavasor and Amelia, flee to Paris, and we are introduced to this faithful ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19. Issue 548 - 26 May 1832 • Various



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