English Explanatory Dictionary

bucellarius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formation of escort troops used in the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity.

Word forms

bucellarius bucellarii

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bucellarius (“biscuit-eater”), from buccellātum (“hardtack”) + -arius.

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