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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Val·va·sor n. Feud. Law See Vavasor.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vav·a·sor n.  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. --Burrill. “A worthy vavasour.” --Chaucer. [Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc.]
    Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty.   --Motley.
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