alferes, alfares

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 15
[0. Sp. alféres; Sp. alférez = an ensign, from Arab. al - färis 148 (al=the, and far is = a horseman).] An ensign or standard bearer. "It may be said to have been adopted for a time as an English word, being in use in our army during the civil wars of Charles I. In a MS. in the Harleian Collection, No. 6,804, § 96, among papers of that period, it is often repeated. Alferes John Manner ing, Alferes Arthur Carrol,' ."-Nares.
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