almogavar
See also: almogávar
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Noun edit
almogavar (plural almogavars)
- (historical) A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).
Noun edit
almogavar m (plural almogavares)
- rider, marauder, applied mostly to Christian soldiers who realized raids on Muslim territories during the Middle Ages
- c. 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Cronica General:
- Os almogauares cristãos desa oste que el rrey dõ Fernando tĩjna sobre Seuilla seyã muy ameude per todas partes per du entendiã que dos mouros poderiã gãanar.
- The Christian marauders of this army that king Ferdinand had on Seville used to raid very frequently everywhere that they thought that they could make profit out of the Moors