carroccio

English

Etymology

Italian carroccio

Noun

carroccio (plural carroccios or carrocci)

1. (historical) A large four-wheeled wagon bearing the city signs around which the militia of the medieval communes gathered and fought, particularly in northern Italy.

Italian

FWOTD – 18 February 2016

Etymology

From carro (“carriage, charriot”) +‎ -occio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈrɔt.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -ɔttʃo
• Hyphenation: car‧ròc‧cio

Noun

carroccio m (plural carrocci)

1. (historical) a large war chariot drawn by oxen
   • 1831, Nicolò Bettoni et al., Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana, volume 15, page 430:

     Erano i carrocci certi carri di quattro ruote, la parte superiore de’ quali era piana e spaziosa, contenente gli stendardi del Comune, i trombetti, ed una campana, […]

     The carrocci were certain four-wheeled carts, the upper part of which was flat and spacious, containing the standards of the commune, and trumpets, and a bell, […]

2. (politics, in the singular, capitalized) Synonym of Lega (symbol of the rightist Italian political party, formerly Lega Nord)
   • 2019 May 27, “Elezioni europee 2019, tutti i risultati: Lega primo partito, il Pd supera i 5 Stelle”, in Corriere della Sera‎^[1]:

     Netta vittoria della Lega di Matteo Salvini alle Elezioni europee. Il Carroccio supera il 30 per cento ed è il primo partito in Italia: […]

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Further reading

• carroccio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• accorcirò, raccorcio, raccorciò