suserano
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French suzerain.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.zeˈɾɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.zeˈɾɐ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.zɨˈɾɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.zɨˈɾa.nu/
- Hyphenation: su‧se‧ra‧no
Noun
suserano m (plural suseranos)
- suzerain (feudal landowner to whom peasants were forced to pledge allegiance)
- Synonym: senhor feudal
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “suserano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “suserano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026