juveigneur
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French juveigneur, from Old French juvegnor, from Latin iuveniōrem (which also developed into Latin iūnior).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
juveigneur m (plural juveigneurs)
- (largely historical) a younger or youngest son of a nobleman who is given apanage
- 2007, Philippe Carrer, Ethnopsychiatrie en Bretagne. Nouvelles études, Coop Breizh, page 74:
- Les cadets se retrouvent sans grandes ressources alors que le droit coutumier breton leur accorde l’égalité et même favorise le juveigneur c’est-à-dire le plus jeune fils.
- The younger siblings find themselves quite impoverished, even though Breton customary law grants them equality, and even favours the juveigneur, that is the youngest son.