Etymology

avoyer

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Today it means: A chief magistrate of various free imperial cities or cantons of Switzerland. Full definition →

French avoyer
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  1. French · borrowed fromavoyer
  2. English todayavoyer

Borrowed from French avoyer; see also avoué, avouer.

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