almogavar

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish almogávar, from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir). === Noun === almogavar (plural almogavars) (historical) A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Almogavars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir). === Noun === almogavar m (plural almogavares) rider, marauder, applied mostly to Christian soldiers who realized raids on Muslim territories during the Middle Ages ==== Descendants ==== Galician: almogávar Portuguese: almogávar === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “almogavar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “almogavar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega