nyerro
Catalan
Etymology
From Nyer, the name of the manorial seat of Tomàs de Banyuls i de Llupià, a leader of the nyerro faction.
Pronunciation
Noun
nyerro m (plural nyerros)
- (historical) a member of one of the two factions into which Catalan nobility were divided during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, opposed by the cadells
Further reading
- “nyerro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “nyerro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.