adelborst

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of adel +‎ borst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.dəlˌbɔrst/

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• Hyphenation: adel‧borst

Noun

adelborst m (plural adelborsten, diminutive adelborstje n)

1. midshipman
2. (historical, obsolete) low-ranking officer in an army

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German [Term?]. Compare Dutch adelborst. First attested in 1643.

Noun

adelborst m animacy unattested

1. (Middle Polish, military) garrison commander

Declension

Attested forms of *adelborst

	singular	plural
nominative	—	—
genitive	—	adelborstów
dative	—	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	—	—
vocative	—	—

References

• Danuta Lankiewicz (16.04.2009) “ADELBORST”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]