destrier

[ des-tree-er, de-streer ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a warhorse; charger.

destrier

/ ˈdɛstrɪə /

noun

1. See warhorse
   an archaic word for warhorse

Word 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 ) + -ārius -ary

Word 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

Example Sentences

They had even ripped up his destrier, so that presently he had to mount another.

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He caught the destrier by the bridle, and led him before the stricken man.

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A steed led by the squire in dester was the destrier or dextrarius, or war-horse.

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Valery brought Simon's favorite war-horse, the pearl-gray destrier called Brillant.

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It would have been a pleasant one had not Heriot and Destrier pretended all sorts of things about our previous acquaintance.

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