Public Domain Encyclopedia Database
Search the scanned history of knowledge.
Compare encyclopedia entries across editions, inspect page scans, and trace every article back to its source volume.
Search results
2 results for “Vavassor”
Results are grouped by encyclopedia. Grouped by encyclopedia. Each record links to article text, topic comparison, and available source evidence.
Source family
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Vavassor
Britannica 11thVAVASSOR (Med. Lat. valvassor, vasvassor; Fr. vavassour, tavassor, vasseur, &c.), in its most general sense a mediate vassal, i.e. one holding a fief under a vassal. The word was, however, applied at various times to the most diverse ranks in the feudal hierar ...
Vol. 27, pp. 962-962
OCR text aligned to scanned pages
Relevance 330.0
Vassal
Britannica 11th... riginal sense of " household servant " in the modern " valet " (q.v.) (see also VAVASSOR). See Dictionnaire de I'ancienne langue frangaise (Paris, 1895), for numerous examples of the use of the word vassal; also Du Cange, Glossarium, s. " Vassus."
Vol. 27, pp. 946-946
OCR text aligned to scanned pages
Relevance 12.0