| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "FERRAU" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1503. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Ferrau (in Orlando Furioso). Ferraute, Ferracute, or Ferragus, a Saracen, son of Lanfusa. He dropped his helmet in the river, and vowed he would never wear another till he had won that worn by Orlando. Orlando slew him with a wound in the navel, his only vulnerable part. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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