avoyer

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French avoyer; see also avoué, avouer. === Noun === avoyer (plural avoyers) (obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of various free imperial cities or cantons of Switzerland. 1809, Unnamed translator, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Travels in the Two Sicilies and Some Parts of the Apennines, in John Pinkerton, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Volume 5, page 717, The reigning avoyer, with a ſceptre in his hand, pronounces an harangue; then delivering up the ſceptre and ſeals, reſigns his dignity, and receives the thanks of the aſſembly, by the mouth of the attorney-general, for his zeal and attention during the year of his government. === References === “avoyer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === avoyer m (plural avoyers) avoyer === References === “avoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012