contino

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of continuo, a personal guard of the Spanish or Portuguese king.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

contino continos

Etymology

From early modern Portuguese and Spanish contino, ellipsis of ombre contino, from Latin continuum.

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