espadeiro

Galician

Attested since circa 1295 (espadeyro). From espada (“sword”) +‎ -eiro, and Late Latin spatharius (“bodyguard”), from Latin spatha.

espadeiro m (plural espadeiros)

(historical) king's bodyguard, spatharius
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 900:
  auya hũ home boo ẽnas Asturas et auia nume don Payo, et ffora espadeyro del rrey Rrodrigo
  there was a good man in Asturias, whose name was Pelagius, who had been bodyguard of king Roderic
swordmaker
- 1488, M. Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 353:
  G(om)es A(lvar)es sarraleyro e Pero Fernandes espadeyro vesinnos da dita cidade
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
local variety of black grape
fishing boat specialized in the capture of swordfish

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espadeyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espadeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espadeiro”, 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), “espadeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espadeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From espada +‎ -eiro.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [is.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], /es.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [es.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [iʃ.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], /eʃ.paˈde(j).ɾu/ [eʃ.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.paˈde(j).ɾo/ [es.paˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈdɐj.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðɐj.ɾu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈdej.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈdej.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðej.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐˈde.ɾu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐˈðe.ɾu]

espadeiro m (plural espadeiros, feminine espadeira, feminine plural espadeiras)