Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
lanceiro. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
lanceiro, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
lanceiro in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
lanceiro you have here. The definition of the word
lanceiro will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
lanceiro, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin lanciārius, from Latin lancea + -ārius. By surface analysis, lanza + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
lanceiro m (plural lanceiros)
- (military) spearman (soldier armed with a spear)
- (military) lancer (cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon)
- (archaic, military, architecture) embrasure
1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:se alguas seeteyras ou lançeyros estan feytas en a parede da dicta casa, que as çarren de pedra et que as non abran nunca nen façan y outras alguas a saluo fique en o sotoo da dicta casa as lumeeyras que foren neçesarias et perteesçentes para dar lume ao dicto sotoo que non seian por maneyra de defensa algua- if some arrowslits or embrasures are built in the walls of that tower house, they must be closed in stone, never to be reopened, and they shouldn't build new ones, with this exception, that in the ground floor there should be enough and sufficient skylights for lightening the aforementioned ground floor, but as long as they can't be used for defense
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lanceiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lançeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lanceiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lanceiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin lanciārius, from Latin lancea + -ārius.[1] By surface analysis, lança + -eiro.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
lanceiro m (plural lanceiros)
- (military) spearman (soldier armed with a spear)
References