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† eˈstradiot Obs.
Also stradiot.
[a. F. estradiot = It. stradiotto, f. Gr. στρατιώτης soldier.]
One of a class of light cavalry, originally raised in Greece and Albania, who served in the Venetian and other armies during the 15th and 16th centuries.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 822/1 The French were discomfited: for those that were behind saw..their Estradiots also. 1579Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 264 Many bands of Estradiots leuied in the kingdome of Naples. 1596Danett tr. Comines 330 Crossebowe men on horsebacke, Estradiots, and footemen. |