escudeiro
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese escudeiro, escudeyro, from Late Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum (“shield”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskuˈðejɾo̝/
Noun
escudeiro m (plural escudeiros)
- (dated) shield maker
- (dated) squire
- (dated) a nobleman of inferior rank who served a knight, a churchman, or another nobleman
- 1414, in the tombstone of a nobleman:
- Aquí jaz jan feyjoo escudeyro / bon fidalgo e verdadeyro gran / caçador e monteyro
- Here lies Jan Feijoo, squire, a good nobleman and a true great hunter and ranger
- Aquí jaz jan feyjoo escudeyro / bon fidalgo e verdadeyro gran / caçador e monteyro
- 1414, in the tombstone of a nobleman:
References
- “escudeyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “scudeiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “escudeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “escudeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese escudeiro, escudeyro, from Late Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum; equivalent to escudo + -eiro.
Noun
escudeiro m (plural escudeiros, feminine escudeira, feminine plural escudeiras)
- squire (armour-bearer who attends a knight)
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