tiraboleiro

== Galician == === Etymology === From Latin thūribulum (“thurible”) + -eiro; probably attracted by tirar (“to pull”). Compare English thurible. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiɾaβoˈlejɾo̝/ === Noun === tiraboleiro m (plural tiraboleiros) one of several officials of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela responsible for swinging the botafumeiro or main thurible ==== See also ==== botafumeiro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tiraboleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tiraboleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN