See Also: vavasour(dictionary)

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.