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Vavasour

/ˈvævəsʊə/

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

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

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vassalshipnoun	The status of being a vassal.
vassal statenoun	A state that is subordinate to another; government chiefly directed by the interests of an overlord or patron state.
vassalrynoun	Collectively, the vassals.
viscountynoun	The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
viscountshipnoun	The role or status of viscount.
suzerainnoun	(international politics) A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.
vicereinenoun	The wife of a viceroy.
underkingnoun	An inferior or subordinate king; a viceroy.
lordnoun	A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
viscountcynoun	The rank or jurisdiction of a viscount.
viscountnoun	A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
viceregalnoun	(usually in the plural) a viceroy or vicereine
viscountessnoun	The wife of a viscount.
viceroyaltynoun	The place governed by a viceroy.
overlordnoun	(typically derogatory) Anyone with overarching power or authority in a given domain.
landreevenoun	(historical) A subofficer overseeing an area of land, a kind of bailiff or steward.
vice-roinoun	Alternative form of viceroy. [One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.]
viceroydomnoun	viceroyalty
subvicarnoun	A subordinate vicar.
cavaliershipnoun	The role or status of a cavalier.

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