English Explanatory Dictionary

caballeria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medieval Spanish land tenure equivalent to a knight's fee, held under an obligation for military service.
  2. A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to 38.64 ha.

Word forms

caballeria caballerias

Etymology

From Spanish caballería, from caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Doublet of cavalry and chivalry.

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