vavasour

n. [史](中世纪的)封臣(领有封地并有自己的家臣,地位次于男爵)

发音

UK /ˈvavəsʊə/
UK /ˈvavəsɔː/
UK /ˈvavəsə/
US /ˈvævəsʊɹ/
US /ˈvævəsɚ/

词形变化

vavasours 复数 vavasours

别名

valvasor vavasor valvassor vavassor

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    历史

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

词源

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

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