Destrier Definition
dĕstrē-ər, dĭ-strîr
noun
A warhorse.
American Heritage
A war horse; charger.
Webster's New World
A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Destrier
Noun
Singular:
destrier
Plural:
destriersOrigin of Destrier
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From Anglo-Norman destrer, Old French destrier, from a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin dextera, literally “(animal) led by the right hand”, from dexter (“right”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English destrer from Anglo-Norman from Vulgar Latin dextrārius right-hand from Latin dexter right deks- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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