escudier

== Old Occitan == === Alternative forms === escudeir, escuder m === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin scūtārius m, from Latin scūtum n. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French escuier m. === Pronunciation === === Noun === escudier m (oblique plural escudiers, nominative singular escudiers, nominative plural escudier) shield-bearer (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Related terms ==== escut m ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: escudièr → Italian: scudiere →? Ido: skudiero →? Romanian: scutier m →? Sicilian: scuteri === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “scūtārius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 11: S–Si, page 348