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Etymology
From destre + -er, because a page would lead it using his right hand when the knight was no longer mounted.
Pronunciation
Noun
destrer m (plural destrers)
- (historical) warhorse
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology
Old French destrier, from Latin dextrārius, from dexter (“right-hand”) (where the squire led his master's horse).
Noun
destrer (plural destrers)
- warhorse, destrier
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Ryme of Syr Thopas”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
References
Old French
Noun
destrer oblique singular, m (oblique plural destrers, nominative singular destrers, nominative plural destrer)
- a warhorse
c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:Li quens Rollant est muntet el destrer.- The count Roland mounted the warhorse.
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