Definition of Valvasor. Meaning of Valvasor. Synonyms of Valvasor

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Definition of Valvasor

valvasor
Vavasor Vav"a*sor, n. [OE. vavasour, OF. vavassor, vavassour, F. vavasseur, LL. vavassor, probably contr. from vassus vassorum vassal of the vassals. See Vassal.] (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.
Valvasor
Valvasor Val"va*sor, n. (Feud. Law) See Vavasor.

Meaning of Valvasor from wikipedia

- Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor (Slovene: Janez Vajkard Valvasor, pronounced [ˈʋáːlʋazɔɾ]) or simply Valvasor (baptised on...
- The largest of them and in the entire country is the Simončič Hayrack. A Valvasor copperplate engraving depicts filling a hayrack with hay An abandoned single...
- after Jure's decapitation. The Carniolan scientist Johann Weikhard von Valvasor wrote about Jure Grando Alilović's life and afterlife in his extensive...
- by Ptolemy, and perhaps also to Latin Carusardius. Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, a pioneer of the study of karst in Slovenia and a fellow of the Royal...
- for the public monuments of the Carniolan polymath Johann Weikhard von Valvasor and Valentin Vodnik, the first Slovene poet and journalist, as well as...
- encyclopedia published in Nuremberg in 1689 by the polymath Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. It is the most important work on his homeland, the Duchy of Carniola,...
- Lake Bled and Bled Castle by Valvasor, 17th century...
- was originally identified as a "dragon's larva" by Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in 1689. Later, the Austrian naturalist Joseph Nicolaus Lorenz described...
- Henri Poincaré, Isaac Asimov, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, René Descartes, Aristotle, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Averroes...
- century by the pioneer of study of karst phenomena, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, although graffiti inside dated to 1213 indicates a much longer history...