Military

Recado

  1. Garrison.
  2. Pôr recado: place a garrison (guarding a castle or township). [Pedro, ch. 33: 22; ch. 34: 21; ch. 36: 65]

Barreira

  1. Gate (of walled city/town). [Pedro, 17: 183]
  2. Barricade, stockade; field with stockade or pavisade where crossbowmen were trained. [João2, ch.166]

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]

  

Gentes

 

  1. Men.
  2. Forces; troops (large body of soldiers). (CW)
  3. Gentes da cidade: City-folk, city dwellers. [João1, ch. 133]
     

Companhia

  1. Company. (CW)
  2. Troops (large body of soldiers).
  3. Forces; men.
  4. Free company; company of mercenaries (following a strong leader, such as Bertrand du Guesclin, for instance, one of the most famous of the period). [Pedro, ch. 41: 15]

 

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