vidame

Borrowed from Middle French vidame, from Latin vice-dominus, from Latin vice (“instead of”) + dominus (“master, lord”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈviːdɑːm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /viˈdæm/
• Rhymes: -iːdɑːm, -æm

vidame (plural vidames)

1. (historical, France) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later were given status of fiefs, and became feudal nobles.

• “vidame”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.