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gestron

gestron is the obsolete spelling of jazerant.

Meaning of jazerant

Noun

jazerant (countable and uncountable, plural jazerants)

  1. (historical) A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine.
    • The jazerant, is according to Du Cange, a sort of military vestment. […] But what was the specific distinction of a jazerant seems at present uncertain.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15
  2. This kind of armor taken generally.
    • a coat of jazerant

Forms of gestron

pluralgestrons

Questions about gestron

What is gestron the obsolete spelling of?
Gestron is the obsolete spelling of jazerant.

Words near gestron in the dictionary

  1. gestor
  2. gestores
  3. gestorne
  4. gestornes
  5. gestrinone
  6. gestron
  7. gestrons
  8. gests
  9. Gestuno
  10. gesturable
  11. gestural

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gestron (page history and authors); jazerant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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