[ad. L. vergobretus, of Gaulish origin. So obs. F. vergobert.] The chief magistrate among the ancient Ædui of Gaul. Also transf.
1563. Golding, Cæsar, I. 12. The principall office, which they call Vergobret,… is an offyce that lasteth but from yere to yere, and for the tyme hath absolute power of life and deathe.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
1839. Keightley, Hist. Eng., I. 3. The power of the Vergobret, or Prince of each tribe, was absolute.
1892. Freeman, Hist. Ess., Ser. IV. v. 107. The present literary vergobret of the Æduan state … refused all help.
