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noun, masculine

juveigneur

/ʒy.vɛ.ɲœʁ/

noun, masculine/ʒy.vɛ.ɲœʁ/plural: juveigneurs

a younger or youngest son of a nobleman who is given apanage

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.

Related: juveigneurie

Inherited from Middle French juveigneur, from Old French juvegnor, from Latin iuveniōrem (which also developed into Latin iūnior).