escuderon.
/ɛskəˈdɛːrəʊ/ A shield-bearer; an esquire; hence, an attendant; a lady's page.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun]
thanea700
yeoman1345
squirec1380
foot followera1382
handservanta1382
servitora1382
ministera1384
servera1425
squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450
attender1461
waitera1483
awaiter1495
tender?a1505
waiting-man1518
satellite?1520
attendant1555
sitter-byc1555
pediseque1606
asseclist?1607
tendant1614
assecle1616
fewterera1625
escudero1631
peon1638
wait1652
under spur-leather1685
body servant1689
slavey1819
tindal1859
maid-attendant1896
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 87 in Wks. II An Escudero..that wayts Vpon 'hem [sc. Spanish ladies] in another Coach, at distance, And when they walke, or daunce, holds by a hand-kercher, Neuer presumes to touch 'hem.
1865 T. B. Aldrich Knight of Aragon in Poems 113 His escuderos rode in front, His cavaliers behind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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