Etymology

drungar

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Today it means: A kind of military commander in the late Roman and Byzantine Empires, usually commanding roughly a battalion on land or a fleet on the sea. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δρουγγάριος ← Late Latin drungārius
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromdrungārius
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδρουγγάριος
  3. English todaydrungar

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρουγγάριος (droungários), from Late Latin drungārius, from drungus (“a troop”).

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