单词 | turcopole |
释义 | turcopolen. Historical. A light-armed soldier of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > member of order of knights, etc. > [noun] Templarc1290 hospitallerc1386 Templaryc1460 Rhodian?1482 spittlerc1540 stelliferc1540 Johannite1570 Annunciade1593 Port-glaive1652 sword-bearer1656 turcopole1896 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > religio-military religious > Knight of St. John > [noun] Johannite1570 turcopole1896 1852 J. Taaffe Hist. Order St. John I. i. iii. 191 Of Turcopili we read in old chronicles they were light cavalry, but on other occasions they had cuirasses. There were a corps of them kept by the Emperor of Constantinople.] 1896 Dict. National Biogr. XLVII. 336/2 He [John Rawson] was appointed [in 1527] turcopolier or commander of the turcopoles or light infantry of the order. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1896 |
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