escudeiro
Portuguese, noun/is.kuˈde(j).ɾu/
escudeiro is spelled E-S-C-U-D-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escudeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “squire (armour-bearer who attends a knight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criado que acompanhava o cavaleiro, levando-lhe o escudo até o momento do combate”.
What does escudeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquire (armour-bearer who attends a knight)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. criado que acompanhava o cavaleiro, levando-lhe o escudo até o momento do combate 2. indivíduo armado de lança e escudo que acompanhava os imperadores à guerra 3. título honorífico de alguns funcionários da extinta corte
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escudeiro
- escudeiros plural
- escudeira feminine
- escudeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escudeiro?
- Brazil /is.kuˈde(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [is.kuˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /es.kuˈde(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escudeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escudeiro in Portuguese?
escudeiro appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).