English Explanatory Dictionary

tercio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
  2. A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.

Word forms

tercio tercios

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tercio.

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