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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the middle ages, an irregular soldier whose principal weapon was a heavy knife or short sword.
  • noun A bandit or outlaw.

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  • “Who’ll take you, Herena? Is your village raided by cultellarii?”

    —Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun

    October 1, 2008