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)

  1. (dated) shield maker
  2. (dated) squire
  3. (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

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)

    1. squire (armour-bearer who attends a knight)
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