English Explanatory Dictionary

almogavar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.

Word forms

almogavar almogavars

Etymology

From Spanish almogávar, from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

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