peonier

Old French

Etymology

peon (“pawn (in chess)”) +‎ -ier.

Noun

peonier m (oblique plural peoniers, nominative singular peoniers, nominative plural peonier)

foot soldier

Descendants

French: pionnier

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (peonier)

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