feditore
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom fedi(re) (“to wound, injure”, alternative form of ferire) + -tore (“-er”, agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfeditore m (plural feditori) (obsolete)
- (literally) Alternative form of feritore (“wounder, injurer”)
- (historical, military) a 1st-line cavalryman
- 1348–1363, Matteo Villani, “Libro settimo [Seventh book]”, in Cronica [Chronicle][1], volume 2, Florence: Magheri, published 1825, Cap. ⅩⅤ. Le schiere e gli ordini de' Franceschi, page 236:
- A costoro fu commesso d'assalire prima i nemici, ed essendo apparecchiati in sul campo, e le spianate fatte, appresso a lui fu fatta la schiera del conestabile di Francia, […] e questa schiera dovea percuotere appresso i feditori
- They were tasked with assaulting the enemy first, and, being set on the field, and the clearing [having been] made, the ranks of the conestable of France were put after him, and these ranks were to attack after the first attackers
References
edit- feditore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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