jazerant

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English jessera(u)nt, gessera(u)nt(e), from Old French jazerant, from Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy, Algerian, of Algiers), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, Algiers; Algeria).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæzəɹənt/, enPR: jăzʹə-rənt
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: jaz‧er‧ant

Noun

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jazerant (countable and uncountable, plural jazerants)

  1. (historical) A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine.
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15:
      The jazerant, is according to Du Cange, a sort of military vestment. [] But what was the specific distinction of a jazerant seems at present uncertain.
  2. This kind of armor taken generally.
    a coat of jazerant

Old French

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Etymology

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Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy, Algerian, of Algiers), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, Algiers; Algeria).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒad͡zəˈɾant/, (late) /ʒazəˈɾant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

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jazerant oblique singularm (oblique plural jazeranz or jazerantz, nominative singular jazeranz or jazerantz, nominative plural jazerant)

  1. jazerant, jazeraint

Adjective

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jazerant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jazerant)

  1. Made of metal plates like a jazerant.