escuier
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Middle French
Etymology
Variant of escuyer.
Noun
escuier m (plural escuiers)
Old French
Etymology
Etymology tree
Late Latin scūtārius
Old French escuier
Inherited from Late Latin scūtārius m, from Latin scūtum n.
Pronunciation
Noun
escuier oblique singular, m (oblique plural escuiers, nominative singular escuiers, nominative plural escuier)
- squire; shield-bearer
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- Li rois apele un escuier.
- The king called a shield-bearer
Descendants
Further reading
- “écuyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (escuier)