jazerant
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English
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Etymology
From Middle English jessera(u)nt, gessera(u)nt(e), from Old French jazerant, from Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy, “Algerian, of Algiers”), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “Algiers; Algeria”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæzəɹənt/, enPR: jăzʹə-rənt
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: jaz‧er‧ant
Noun
jazerant (countable and uncountable, plural jazerants)
- (historical) A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15:
- The jazerant, is according to Du Cange, a sort of military vestment. […] But what was the specific distinction of a jazerant seems at present uncertain.
- This kind of armor taken generally.
- a coat of jazerant
Old French
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Etymology
Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy, “Algerian, of Algiers”), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “Algiers; Algeria”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jazerant oblique singular, m (oblique plural jazeranz or jazerantz, nominative singular jazeranz or jazerantz, nominative plural jazerant)
Adjective
jazerant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jazerant)
- Made of metal plates like a jazerant.