peleteiro

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old French pelletier. Compare also Medieval Latin pelletarius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peleˈtejɾo̝/

Noun

peleteiro m (plural peleteiros, feminine peleteira, feminine plural peleteiras)

  1. furrier
    • 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 207:
      mando que non possan tomar as ditas pesoas et coengos et homes boos da dita iglesia por panigoados os ofiçiales conuen a saber os carpenteiros et pedreiros et carniçeyros et ferreyros et çapateyros et peliteyros et mercadores
      I command that no churchman could take for a stooge any official, i.e., the carpenters and stonemasons and butchers and smiths and shoemakers and furriers and merchants

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