escudeiro

escudeiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese escudeiro, escudeyro, from Late Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum (“shield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskuˈðejɾo̝/

Noun

escudeiro m (plural escudeiros)

1. (dated) shield maker
2. (dated) squire
3. (dated) a nobleman of inferior rank who served a knight, a churchman, or another nobleman
   • 1414, in the tombstone of a nobleman:

     Aquí jaz jan feyjoo escudeyro / bon fidalgo e verdadeyro gran / caçador e monteyro

     Here lies Jan Feijoo, squire, a good nobleman and a true great hunter and ranger

Related terms

• Escudeiro
• Escudeiros
• escudo

References

• “escudeyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “scudeiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “escudeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “escudeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese escudeiro, escudeyro, from Late Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum; equivalent to escudo +‎ -eiro.

Noun

escudeiro m (plural escudeiros, feminine escudeira, feminine plural escudeiras)

1. squire (armour-bearer who attends a knight)

Related terms

• escudo