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Definition of Avoyer
1. n. A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
Definition of Avoyer
1. Noun. (obsolete) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avoyer
1. a chief magistrate [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avoyer
Literary usage of Avoyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1853)
"Mr. Stratford Canning to M. Watteville, avoyer of Berne. Copy. Zuric, le 6 Octobre,
1814. Monsieur l'avoyer—Lo Ministre d'Autriche, M. le Baron do Schraut, ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"When the ceremony is concluded, the reigning avoyer, at the head of the Senate,
panes through a double line of troops under arms to the ..."
3. Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of by Arthur Richard Wellesley Wellington (1861)
"MONSIEUR L'avoyer, Le 8 Janvier, 1814. La lettre dont Votre Excellence m'a ...
Les sentiments exprimes par M. 1'avoyer no pouvoient etro qu'agreables au ..."
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