montero

American  

[mon-tair-oh, mawn-te-raw] / mɒnˈtɛər oʊ, mɔnˈtɛ rɔ /

noun

monteros plural

1. a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.

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montero British  

/ mɒnˈtɛərəʊ, monˈtero /

noun

1. a round cap with a flap at the back worn by hunters, esp in Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• monteros
  plural

Etymology

Origin of montero

1615–25; < Spanish, special use of montero huntsman, literally, mountaineer, equivalent to monte mount ² + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

Every little town had its cock-pit and every montero or guajiro sacrificed his wages to taste the excitement of that spectacle.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

He was a good-looking p. 84young man, apparently about five-and-twenty, genteelly dressed, with a montero cap on his head. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

A montero cap and a black feather drooped over the wearer's brow, and partly concealed his features, which, so far as seen, were dark, regular, adn full of majestic, though somewhat sullen, expression.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

This montero usually possesses but a few acres, which yield him fruit, cane and vegetables enough to make his life easy and contented.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various

Accordingly I mounted a spirited little horse, and with a montero guide, turned my face once more towards the “ever faithful city of Havana.”

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz