nyerro
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Nyer, the name of the manorial seat of Tomàs de Banyuls i de Llupià, a leader of the nyerro faction.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyerro m (plural nyerros)
- (historical) a member of one of the two factions into which Catalan nobility were divided during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, opposed by the cadells
Further reading edit
- “nyerro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nyerro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.