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Besteiro da maça RCG->AH

  1. Mace-carrying soldier.
  2. Bodyguard (as a mace was considered a short-range protection weapon).
  3. 'Besteiro' was a soldier serving with a crossbow (bèsta). There were many different types of 'besteiros' in Portugal, from 'besteiro da câmara' to 'besteiro da garrucha', 'besteiro do mar', etc. See Joaquim de Santa Rosa Viterbo, Elucidário das Palavras, Termos e Frases que em Portugal Antigamente se Usaram (Lisbon: 1865), vol. 1, pp. 132-133.

Alcácer

  1. Alcazar.
  2. Medieval fortress-like palace of Arabic origin (al-qaṣr), usualy with a rectangular shape, large inner patio and powerful towers reinforcing each corner. One of the most famous is the alcazar of Seville.

Nojo

  1. Insult. [Pedro, ch. 18: 45]
  2. Harm.
  3. Fazer nojo: to harm (someone); to cause harm. [Pedro, ch. 20: 3]

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