besteiro
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese baesteiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ballistarius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛsˈteiɾo̝/
Noun
besteiro f (plural besteiros)
- (military) crossbowman
- 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 323:
- Et ena vila auia moytos boos beesteyros, que du elles feriã nõ tĩjna prol escudo nẽ outra arma
- In this town there were many good crossbowmen, and where they hit, the shield or other weapons were useless
Derived terms
- Basteiro
- Besteiro
- Besteiros
- Bestilleiro
- Bistilleiro
Related terms
References
- “baesteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “besteiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “besteiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “besteiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “besteiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese baesteiro, from Latin bālistārius, corresponding to besta (“crossbow”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /besˈte(j).ɾu/ [besˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /beʃˈte(j).ɾu/ [beʃˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /besˈte(j).ɾo/ [besˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɛʃˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɛʃˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /bɛʃˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɛʃˈte.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: bes‧tei‧ro
Noun
besteiro m (plural besteiros, feminine besteira, feminine plural besteiras)
- (military, historical) crossbowman (someone equipped with a crossbow)
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