besteiro

Galician

15th-century depiction. Santa María de Labrada, Guitiriz, Galicia.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese baesteiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ballistarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛsˈteiɾo̝/

Noun

besteiro f (plural besteiros)

1. (military) crossbowman
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 323:

     Et ena vila auia moytos boos beesteyros, que du elles feriã nõ tĩjna prol escudo nẽ outra arma

     In this town there were many good crossbowmen, and where they hit, the shield or other weapons were useless

Derived terms

• Basteiro
• Besteiro
• Besteiros
• Bestilleiro
• Bistilleiro

Related terms

• bésta

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baesteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “besteiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “besteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “besteiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “besteiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese baesteiro, from Latin bālistārius, corresponding to besta (“crossbow”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /besˈte(j).ɾu/ [besˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /besˈte(j).ɾu/ [besˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /beʃˈte(j).ɾu/ [beʃˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /besˈte(j).ɾo/ [besˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛʃˈtɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛʃˈtɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛʃˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛʃˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛʃˈte.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: bes‧tei‧ro

Noun

besteiro m (plural besteiros, feminine besteira, feminine plural besteiras)

1. (military, historical) crossbowman (someone equipped with a crossbow)