udvornicus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dvorъ (court, courtyard) + *-nikъ (agent noun suffix); compare modern Hungarian udvarnok (courtier), udvar (courtyard, royal court).

Noun

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udvornicus m (genitive udvornicī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, Hungary) A member of a semi-free class of commoners, bound by some of the obligations of serfs and originally subject directly to the king.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.