noun
Ferrara
noun
1
An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.
"Perry […] returned upon his disarmed foe, and brandishing his Ferrara, threatened to make him shorter by the head, if he would not immediately crave quarter, and yield."
— [Tobias] Smollett (1751)
name
1
A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
2
City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.
3
A surname from Italian.
"As a result, men turn to the women in their lives to fulfill their emotional needs. Ferrara and her coauthor are not the first to suggest that women bear the burden of mankeeping (although they did coin the term)."
— (2024)
Word Forms
Ferraras plural
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Etymology
Etymology tree Italian Ferrarabor. English Ferrara Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.