Vavasor

noun

1. A feudal tenant who ranked directly below a baron or peer.
2. In feudal law, a principal vassal not holding immediately of the sovereign, but of a great lord, and having other vassals holding of him; a vassal of the second degree or rank.
3. 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.
4. Alternative spelling of vavasour.