destrier

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  destrer, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French destrier, from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  derivative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dextera, literally “(animal) led by the right hand”, from dexter (“right”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛstɹɪə/, /ˈdɛstɹiːeɪ/

Noun

destrier (plural destriers)

1. A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
   • 1819, I am resolved to share or avert the danger; which, that I may the better do, I would crave of thee the use of some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my destrier.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
   • 1855, Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen. - Al-Mutanabbi tr. by Richard Burton

See also

• charger

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁi.je/

Noun

destrier m (plural destriers)

1. destrier

Further reading

• “destrier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.