Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turcopole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tur-copole
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades.

Example Sentences

"Thus in March 1460, the council ordered the restoration of a turcopole removed from office by the lieutenant turcopolier in a manner not in accordance with the statutes, while some sixteen years later the master and council ruled that the lieutenant turcopolier had wrongly removed a turcopole of Paravibilinos whose horse had damaged vines and other possessions."
"However, the local half-caste soldiers, the Turcopoles, second-generation poor and orientalized Latins known as poulains, Venetian and Genoese merchants and newly arrived knights needed the taverns and pleasures of any military town."

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).

Word Breakdown

Root: τουρκόπουλοι

Inflected Forms

turcopoles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

turcopolier

Questions

What does turcopole mean?: A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades.
Where does turcopole come from?: From Byzantine Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).

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