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Possibly through Sicilian and Neapolitan, from Catalan algutzir (and variants) or Spanish alguacil (“Saracen bailiff”), from Arabic الوَزِير (al-wazīr, “the officer”).[1] Doublet of visir (“vizier”).
aguzzino m (plural aguzzini, feminine aguzzina)
- jailer
- Synonym: carceriere
- (by extension) torturer, persecutor, tyrant
- Synonyms: persecutore, torturatore, vessatore
- → French: argousin
aguzzino
- inflection of aguzzare:
- ^ aguzzino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ aguzzino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)