nyerro

Catalan

Etymology

From Nyer, the name of the manorial seat of Tomàs de Banyuls i de Llupià, a leader of the nyerro faction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɲɛ.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɲɛ.ro]

Noun

nyerro m (plural nyerros)

1. (historical) a member of one of the two factions into which Catalan nobility were divided during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, opposed by the cadells

Further reading

• “nyerro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nyerro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.