vavasourとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 vavasour, from Old French vavasour, from Medieval Latin vavassor, perhaps from vassus vassōrum (“vassal of vassals”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvavəsʊə/, /ˈvavəsɔː/, /ˈvavəsə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈvævəsʊɹ/, /ˈvævəsɚ/

名詞

vavasour (plural vavasours)

1. (historical) a subvassal; someone holding their lands from a vassal of the crown rather than from the crown directly
   • 1989, Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcolm Jones III, The Doll’s House, The Sandman issue 10

     “Fiddler’s Green is missing? That is passing strange, Lucien. He is, after all, vavasour of his own dominion. And always so… reliable.”

語源

From Old French vavasour, from Medieval Latin vavassor, perhaps from vassus vassōrum (“vassal of vassals”).

発音

• IPA: /vavəˈsuːr/, /ˈvavəsur/

名詞

vavasour (plural vavasours)

1. vavasour, subvassal
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

     A shirreve hadde he been, and a contour. / Was nowher swich a worthy vavasour.

派生した語

• English: vavasour

参照

• “vavasǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.