feditore

Italian

Etymology

From fedi(re) (“to wound, injure”, alternative form of ferire) +‎ -tore (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fe.diˈto.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: fe‧di‧tó‧re

Noun

feditore m (plural feditori) (obsolete)

  1. (literally) Alternative form of feritore (“wounder, injurer”)
  2. (historical, military) a 1st-line cavalryman
    • 1348–1363, Matteo Villani, “Libro settimo [Seventh book]”, in Cronica [Chronicle]‎, volume 2, Florence: Magheri, published 1825, Cap. ⅩⅤ. Le schiere e gli ordini de' Franceschi, page 236:
      A costoro fu commesso d'assalire prima i nemici, ed essendo apparecchiati in sul campo, e le spianate fatte, appresso a lui fu fatta la schiera del conestabile di Francia, […] e questa schiera dovea percuotere appresso i feditori
      They were tasked with assaulting the enemy first, and, being set on the field, and the clearing [having been] made, the ranks of the conestable of France were put after him, and these ranks were to attack after the first attackers

References
  • feditore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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