saccomanno
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German sackman.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
saccomanno m (plural saccomanni) (Old Italian)
- (historical, military) one who is tasked with carrying and guarding supplies
- Synonym: saccardo
- (historical, military) a knight's attendant (tasked with carrying extra weapons, finishing enemies, and taking prisoners for ransom)
- sacker, looter, robber
- provisioning, victualling
- sack, plunder, pillaging
- fare saccomanno, mettere a saccomanno ― to sack, plunder
References edit
- saccomanno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana