drungar
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρουγγάριος (droungários), from Late Latin drungārius, from drungus, of Gaulish [Term?] or Germanic origin.
Noun
[edit]drungar (plural drungars)
- (historical) A kind of military commander in the late Roman and Byzantine Empires, usually commanding roughly a battalion on land or a fleet on the sea.
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