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almogavar

almogavar noun: a lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.

almogavar: a lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain
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Noun

almogavar (plural almogavars)

  1. (historical) A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.

Forms of almogavar

pluralalmogavars

Origin of almogavar

From Spanish almogávar, from Andalusian Arabic المُغَاوِر (al-muḡā́wir), from Arabic مُغَاوِر (muḡāwir).

Questions about almogavar

What does almogavar mean?
Almogavar means a lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.
What part of speech is almogavar?
Almogavar is a noun.
What is the plural of almogavar?
The plural of almogavar is almogavars.

Words near almogavar in the dictionary

  1. Almodovarian
  2. Almodovars
  3. almodrote
  4. almodrotes
  5. Almodóvarian
  6. almogavar
  7. almogavars
  8. Almohad
  9. Almohade
  10. Almohades
  11. Almohadism

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