Wiktionary

escudeiro

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese escudeiro, escudeyro, from Late Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum (“shield”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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References edit

  • “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, 2006–2018.
  • “escudeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “escudeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese escudeiro, escudeyro, from Late Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum. By surface analysis, escudo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kuˈde(j).ɾu/ [is.kuˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], /es.kuˈde(j).ɾu/ [es.kuˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kuˈde(j).ɾu/ [iʃ.kuˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], /eʃ.kuˈde(j).ɾu/ [eʃ.kuˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kuˈde(j).ɾo/ [es.kuˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧cu‧dei‧ro

Noun edit

escudeiro m (plural escudeiros, feminine escudeira, feminine plural escudeiras)

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

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