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morion.

A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɒɹɪən/UK
  1. A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”).

noun/ˈmɒɹɪən/UK
  1. A brown or black variety of quartz.

Where this word comes from

From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn.

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