avoyers

Updated: July 13, 2025

During my stay at Lugano the inspectors of the Swiss cantons came there in its turn. The people dignified them with the magnificent title of ambassadors, but M. de R was content to call them avoyers. These gentlemen stayed at my inn, and I had my meals with them throughout their stay.

Giacomo Casanova - The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

I know the names, but I do not know the nature of some of the most considerable offices there; such as the Avoyers, the Seizeniers, the Banderets, and the Gros Sautier. I desire, therefore, that you will let me know what is the particular business, department, or province of these several magistrates.

Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield - Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works

During my stay at Lugano the inspectors of the Swiss cantons came there in its turn. The people dignified them with the magnificent title of ambassadors, but M. de R was content to call them avoyers. These gentlemen stayed at my inn, and I had my meals with them throughout their stay.

Giacomo Casanova - Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 27: Expelled from Spain

I know the names, but I do not know the nature of some of the most considerable offices there; such as the Avoyers, the Seizeniers, the Banderets, and the Gros Sautier. I desire, therefore, that you will let me know what is the particular business, department, or province of these several magistrates.

Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield - Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1746-47