croupiere

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/kɹupˈjɛəɹ/

noun

Synonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).

Similar
crupper
OriginFrench croupière →
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Meanings

nouncroupiere (plural croupieres)

plural croupieres

  1. Synonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).

    The Croupiere or Buttock Piece was also some times formed of plates of copper, brass or iron, though often of jacked leather, when the chanfron and poitrinal were of metal.

    1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 30

    Synonyms: crupper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).

Similar
crupper
Also see
crupper

Origin

  1. Frenchcroupière
  2. Englishcroupiere

Borrowed from French croupière. Doublet of crupper.

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APA

croupiere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croupiere

MLA

“croupiere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croupiere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “croupiere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croupiere.

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