destrier
[des-tree-er, de-streer]
- a war-horse; charger.
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Origin of destrier
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They had even ripped up his destrier, so that presently he had to mount another.
King Robert the BruceA. F. Murison
This squire held the bridle of a destrier in his hand, though no man rode thereon.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de FranceMarie de France
He got him to his feet, and bringing the destrier to his master, set the knight thereon.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de FranceMarie de France
He bade his squire to saddle his destrier, and rode to the palace, to have speech with the lady.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de FranceMarie de France
The destrier was newly saddled and bridled, and showed proudly in his rich gay trappings.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de FranceMarie de France
destrier
- an archaic word for warhorse (def. 1)
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Word Origin
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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Word Origin and History for destrier
n.
war horse, c.1300, from Old French destrier (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *dextrarius "led by the right hand," from Latin dextra, fem. of dexter (see dexterity).
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