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Synonyms for jousters
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : joust, juhst, joost |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒaʊst, dʒʌst, dʒust |
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Définition of jousters
Origin :- c.1300, "fight with a spear or lance on horseback with another knight; tilt in a tournament," from Old French joster "to joust, tilt," from Vulgar Latin *iuxtare "to approach, come together, meet," originally "be next to," from Latin iuxta "beside, near," related to iungere "join together" (see jugular). Formerly spelled, and until modern times pronounced, "just." Related: Jousted; jousting.
- As in fighter : noun person engaged in hostile encounter
- Next comes the Maestro-di-Campo, accompanied by the two jousters, and followed by all the others, marching two and two.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 65, No. 400, February, 1849 » by Various
- Trumpeters were calling the jousters to horse, and the wooden figure, encased in iron panoply, was prepared for the attack.
- Extract from : « Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign » by John Ashton
- Such was the noble chevisance of the jousters that no mortal wound was inflicted.
- Extract from : « The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) » by Charles Mills
- The English jousters apparelled themselves, and took their station at the end of the plain, opposite the pavilions.
- Extract from : « The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) » by Charles Mills
- The heralds commanded silence, and forbad any one, by the severest penalties, from intermeddling with the jousters.
- Extract from : « The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) » by Charles Mills
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