soudeour
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- saudeor, sauder, sawder, souder, soudeur, soudiour, soudour, souldeour, sowdiour
- saudeour, saudiour, saudoier, saugeour, saugere, sawdeoure, sawdier, sawdioure, sawdyor, sawdyour, sawgeour, sodeour, sodiour, sodyour, sodyoure, sojour, soldeour, soudeor, soudeer, soudyour, souldeiour, souldioure, souldyour, sowdear, sowdeoure, sowdeiour, sowdyar, sowdyor, sowdyore, sowdyour, sowgeour, sowldeour (Late Middle English)
Etymology[edit]
From a combination of two distinct Old French nouns:
- Old French soldeier, soudoier, from Medieval Latin soldātārius, extension of soldārius, soldārius; equivalent to soude (“wages”) + -er.
- Old French soldeior, from Medieval Latin solidātor, solidātōrem; equivalent to soude (“wages”) + -our.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
soudeour (plural soudeours)
- A soldier; a member of an organised army.
- A mercenary; a hired soldier.
- (figurative) A fighter for God, Satan, etc.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “soudiǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Categories:
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Middle English terms suffixed with -er
- Middle English terms suffixed with -our
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
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