See Also: vavasour(dictionary)

fulcrate (iou) and vavasour (iou)


fulcrate (iou)



fulcrate adjective. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
[from FULCRUM + -ATE2.]
Botany. Supported by or having fulcra.

vavasour (iou)



vavasour noun. , vavassor, & Other vars. ME.
[Old French vavas(s)our (mod. vavasseur) from medieval Latin vavas(s)or, perh. from vassus vassorum vassal of vassals. Cf. VASSAL noun.]
Hist. A person holding his lands not directly from the crown but from a vassal of the crown (esp. a baron); a subvassal.