DESTRIER Definition & Meaning

destrier

[ des-tree-er, de-streer ]

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noun

Archaic.

a warhorse; charger.

destrier

/ ˈ��ɛ��ٰ�ɪə /

noun

an archaic word for warhorse

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of destrier¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English destrer, from Anglo-French, variant of Old French destrier, literally, “(horse) led at the right hand,” from unrecorded Vulgar Latin dextrārius (equus), equivalent to Latin dext(e)r “right-hand” ( dexter ) + -��ܲ� -ary

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of destrier¹

C13: from Old French, from destre right hand, from Latin dextra; from the fact that a squire led a knight's horse with his right hand

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Prizes were not given to the participants by the hosts, but taken from rival competitors after they were incapacitated in the form of his arms, armor or prized destrier; in many cases, a competitor himself was taken captive and ransomed for a hefty sum.

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One destrier broke an ankle trying to walk in them.

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Lord Tytos Blackwood met him in the outer ward, mounted on a destrier as gaunt as himself.

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He was mounted on an armored destrier and had donned his plate and mail, and a grey steel greathelm with a horsehair crest.

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The Lord of easterly Rock made such an impressive figure that it was a shock when his destrier dropped a load of dung right at the base of the throne.

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