ˈstradēət, usu -əd.+V noun
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Etymology: Middle French, from Italian stradiotto; from Greek stratiōtēs soldier, from stratia army, military campaign, from stratos army, host — more at stratum
: a light cavalryman recruited especially from Albania, Dalmatia, or Greece and employed in the Venetian and other armies in the 15th and 16th centuries