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1. Governor (of castle). (SC, CW)
2. The office of 'alcaide' or governor of a castle included military responsibilities, as he was responsible for its defense. It might also include civil administrative duties which could extend over a province, though not as a rule. Compare with Alcaide-mor. (CW)

1. Provincial Governor.
2. Governor of a province or a border region with civil and military powers.

Big game hunter (bear, boar).

1. Big game hunting (bear, boar).
2. District of territory reserved for big game hunting.

1. Hunter of small game (birds mostly).

Small game hunting (birds mostly).

1. Order of Christ; religious and military order founded by King Dinis with all the estates and prvileges of the Order of the Temple in Portugal.
2. It was confirmed by the papal bull Ad ea ex-quibus by Pope John XXII in March 1319.

1. Order of Avis.
2. Military order with its origins in a group of Calatrava knights to whom King Afonso Henriques (c.1109-1185) of Portugal gave estates in Évora in 1175-1176.
3. In 1211, they settle in Avis on estates granted by King Afonso II of Portugal. From then on they seem to have gained their own autonomy as the Order of Avis.
4. King Pedro of Portugal appoints  his illegitimate son João as master of the order in 1364. This is the future João I of Portugal.

1. Arsenal; dockyard;  military store for land or naval service. (JP)
2. Dockyard, place where ships are built or repaired. (JP) [Pedro, ch. 22: 48] 
3. Arsenal vaults (in cases where prison is meant).

1. War of attrition.
2. Skirmishing (in some contexts). (JP)
3. Prolonged war (CW) through small actions such as assaults to castles or to soldiers on their way, robberies (normally cattle), combats betweens small unities (sudden or programmed by one of the parts involved). In strategy, it could be compared to modern “guerrilla war”.