moleiro

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin molinārius, through an From Old Galician-Portuguese form molneiro, following syncopation. Doublet of muiñeiro. Compare Spanish molero.

Pronunciation

Noun

moleiro m (plural moleiros)

  1. (now regional) miller
    • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 107:
      Iten que acadastes vos o dito Gil Peres das aviinças dos moleiros da ribeira de Sarela et de duas viuvas, dusentos et seseenta moravedis de moeda vella que nos avian de dar o dito anno
      Item, that you obtained from said Gil Pérez, of the agreements with the millers of the banks of the river Sarela and of two widows, two hundred and sixty maravedis of old coinage, that they ought to give to us said year
    Synonym: muiñeiro

Derived terms

References

  • “moleiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “moleiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “moleiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “moleiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “moleiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin molinārius (through an Old Galician-Portuguese form molneiro, following syncopation), or possibly molārius. Compare Spanish molero.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

moleiro m (plural moleiros, feminine moleira, feminine plural moleiras)

  1. miller (person who operates or runs a mill)
    Synonyms: moageiro, moendeiro
  2. skua (predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae)
    Synonyms: mandrião, estercorário

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