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camisado

[ kam-uh-sey-doh, -sah- ]
/ ˌkæm əˈseɪ doʊ, -ˈsɑ- /
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noun, plural cam·i·sa·dos.Archaic.
a military attack made at night.
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Also cam·i·sade [kam-i-seyd, -sahd]. /ˌkæm ɪˈseɪd, -ˈsɑd/.

Origin of camisado

1540–50; <Spanish camisada (now obsolete), equivalent to camis(a) shirt (see chemise) + -ada-ade1; so called because participants in such attacks would wear shirts over their armor to aid in recognition
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British Dictionary definitions for camisado

camisado

camisade (ˌkæmɪˈseɪd)

/ (ˌkæmɪˈsɑːdəʊ) /

noun plural -sados or -sades
(formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness

Word Origin for camisado

C16: from obsolete Spanish camisada, literally: an attack in one's shirt (worn over the armour as identification), from camisa shirt
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