gondoliere
See also: gondolière and Gondoliere
English edit
Etymology edit
Directly from Italian gondoliere.
Noun edit
gondoliere (plural gondolieres)
- Alternative form of gondolier.
- 1826 [1824 May], “The Astrologer’s Prediction; or, The Maniac’s Fate!”, in Legends of Terror! and Tales of the Wonderful and Wild. Original and Select, in Prose and Verse., London: […] T. Richardson, […] Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, […]; and Hunter, Edinburgh, page 41, column 1:
- A thousand lamps, from the illuminated squares of the city, reflected their burnished hues along the wave, and the mellow chaunt of the gondolieres kept time to the gentle plashing of their oars.
- 1956, Cue, page 52:
- Try the risi-bisi, a thick soup and traditional in Venice as the gondolieres.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gondoliere m (plural gondolieri, feminine gondoliera)
- gondolier (Venetian boatman)