Noun: espadeiro
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | espadeiro |
| Plural m | espadeiros |
Sample Sentences
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auya hũ home boo ẽnas Asturas et auia nume don Payo, et ffora espadeyro del rrey Rrodrigo (there was a good man in Asturias, whose name was Pelagius, who had been bodyguard of king Roderic) [c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 900:]
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G(om)es A(lvar)es sarraleyro e Pero Fernandes espadeyro vesinnos da dita cidade [1488, M. Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 353:]
Nouns inflected like espadeiro
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since circa 1295 (espadeyro). From espada (“sword”) + -eiro, and Late Latin spatharius (“bodyguard”), from Latin spatha. See: Latin Nouns '
spatha'.
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