/ˈdru.do/
OriginBorrowed from Old Occitan drut, from Medieval Latin drudus, from Proto-Germanic *drūdaz (“dear, beloved”) (German traut).
- historical, masculine, obsoletevassal
- masculine, obsoletedefender
“siede la fortunata Calaroga
sotto la protezion del grande scudo
in che soggiace il leone e soggioga:
dentro vi nacque l'amoroso drudo
de la fede cristiana, il santo atleta
benigno a' suoi e a' nemici ” — Is situate the fortunate Calahorra, under protection of the mighty shield in which the Lion subject is and sovereign. Therein was born the amorous defender of Christian Faith, the athlete consecrate,
- masculine, obsoletelover
“Ed ella mi rispose dolcemente
che sola sola per lo bosco gia,
e disse: — sacci, quando l'augel pia,
allor disia 'l mio cor drudo avere. —” — And she replied sweetly that she was going through the woods all alone, and said: "Know that, when birds chirp, then my heart wishes to have a lover"
“O dolcissimi e ineffabili sembianti, e rubatori subitani de la mente umana, che ne le mostrazioni de li occhi de la Filosofia apparite, quando essa con li suoi drudi ragiona!” — O most sweet and ineffable looks, sudden captors of the human mind, who appear in the demonstrations of the eyes of Philosophy when she converses with her lovers!
- masculineparamour
“Taïde è, la puttana che rispuose
al drudo suo quando disse ‘Ho io grazie
grandi apo te?’: ‘Anzi maravigliose!’.” — Thais the harlot is it, who replied unto her paramour, when he said, 'Have I great gratitude from thee?'--'Nay, marvellous'
- literary, obsoleteloyal, faithful
- literary, obsoleteloving
- literary, obsoletestrong, healthy, thriving
Formsdrudi(plural) · druda(feminine) · drudi(masculine, plural) · drude(feminine, plural)
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