avoyer

Etymology
Borrowed from ; see also,.

Noun

 * 1)  A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
 * 2) * 1809, Unnamed translator,, Travels in the Two Sicilies and Some Parts of the Apennines, in , 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.
 * 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.