drungar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρουγγάριος (droungários), from Late Latin drungārius, from drungus, of Gaulish [Term?] or Germanic origin.

Noun

drungar (plural drungars)

  1. (historical) A kind of military commander in the late Roman and Byzantine Empires, usually commanding roughly a battalion on land or a fleet on the sea.

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