espie

See also: espié and espíe

Old French

Etymology

See the verb espier. Compare also Italian spia, Spanish espía.

Noun

espie oblique singular, m (oblique plural espies, nominative singular espies, nominative plural espie)

1. spy
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou‎^[1]:

     Dez ke Richart le sout, un espie enveia
     Saveir u Thiebaut ert, e combien gent il a.

     As soon as Richard knew about it, he sent a spy
     to know where Thibalt was, and how many people he had with him.

Descendants

• → English: spy

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Portuguese

Verb

espie