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Lacaio

  1. According to Fernão Lopes, this is a word describing a man from the mountains of Vizcaya, barefoot and ill equipped. [Fernando, ch. 135: 12]
  2. Peon; lackey.

Morgado

  1. Hereditary lord. 
  2. Fazer morgado de (an estate in favor of someone): To make (an estate) hereditary; to create an entailed estate  [Pedro, ch. 40: 38]

Cavaleiro

  1. Knight. [Pedro, ch. 36: 15, 17, 20, 49, 74; ch. 39: 14; ch.40: 13-14, 30; ch. 41: 24]
  2. Cavaleiros (troops): horsemen. [Pedro, ch. 15: 99]
  3. Cavaleiros (nobility): lords. [Pedro, ch. 16: 15]

  

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