English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman destrer, Old French #Old French|destrier, from a Proto-Romance derivative of Latin dextera, literally �(animal) led by the right hand�, from dexter �right�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�d�strɪ�/|/d��stri:�/
Noun
en-noun
- A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
#:*1819, I am resolved to share or avert the danger; which, that I may the better do, I would crave of thee the use of some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my destrier.� � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
#:*1855, Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen. - w:Al-Mutanabbi|Al-Mutanabbi tr. by Richard Burton
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