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destrier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛstɹɪə/
• /ˈdɛstɹiːeɪ/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman destrer, destrier.

Meanings

1. (historical) A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
   • I am resolved to share or avert the danger; which, that I may the better do, I would crave of thee the use of some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my destrier. 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 236:
   • Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen. 1855, Al-Mutanabbi, translated by Richard Francis Burton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
2. A steed.

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Relateds

charger