Mazilu

Mazilu is a Romanian surname that indicates social origin and occupation. It originates with the word mazil, indicating a member of the free peasantry or the lowest ranks of the boyardom; its origins date to the 1740s, when the cadet branches of the boyardom in Wallachia, grouped as mazâli, were afforded fiscal privileges that still separated them from commoners. Used on its own, it may refer to:

References

  1. ↑ N. A. Constantinescu, Dicționar onomastic romînesc, pp. lii, 443. Bucharest: Editura Academiei, 1963. OCLC 895133413
  2. ↑ Dan Berindei, Irina Gavrilă, "Mutații în sînul clasei dominante din Țara Românească în perioada de destrămare a orînduirii feudale", in Revista de Istorie, Vol. 34, Issue 11, November 1981, pp. 2033–2036