carroccio
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English
Etymology
Noun
carroccio (plural carroccios or carrocci)
- (historical) A large four-wheeled wagon bearing the city signs around which the militia of the medieval communes gathered and fought, particularly in northern Italy.
Italian
Etymology
From carro (“carriage, charriot”) + -occio.
Pronunciation
Noun
carroccio m (plural carrocci)
- (historical) a large war chariot drawn by oxen
- 1831, Nicolò Bettoni et al., Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana, volume 15, page 430:
- Erano i carrocci certi carri di quattro ruote, la parte superiore de’ quali era piana e spaziosa, contenente gli stendardi del Comune, i trombetti, ed una campana, […]
- The carrocci were certain four-wheeled carts, the upper part of which was flat and spacious, containing the standards of the commune, and trumpets, and a bell,
- (politics, in the singular, capitalized) Synonym of Lega (symbol of the rightist Italian political party, formerly Lega Nord)
- 2019 May 27, “Elezioni europee 2019, tutti i risultati: Lega primo partito, il Pd supera i 5 Stelle”, in Corriere della Sera:
- Netta vittoria della Lega di Matteo Salvini alle Elezioni europee. Il Carroccio supera il 30 per cento ed è il primo partito in Italia: […]
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