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Destrier

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des⋅tri⋅er

  [des-tree-er, de-streer]
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–noun Archaic.
a war-horse; charger.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME destrer < AF, var. of OF destrier, lit., (horse) led at the right hand < VL *dextrārius (equus), equiv. to L dext(e)r right-hand (see dexter ) + -ārius -ary
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des·tri·er   (děs'trē-ər, dĭ-strîr')   
n.   Archaic
A war horse.

[Middle English destrer, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *dextrārius, right-hand, from Latin dexter, right; see deks- in Indo-European roots.]
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