‖ draˈbant
[Sw. drabant attendant, satellite: in Ger. trabant, It. trabante, F. traban, draban, Boh. drabanti, Magyar darabant, Romanian doroban, ad. Turkish (orig. Pers.) darbān porter, guard.]
A halberdier; spec. a soldier of the body-guard of the kings of Sweden.
| 1707 Lond. Gaz. No. 4339/3 He was Captain-Lieutenant of the King of Sweden's Drabants. 1823 Crabb Technol. Dict., Drabants (Mil.), a select body of men, who were commanded in person by Charles IX, King of Sweden. 1862 H. Marryat Year in Sweden II. 127 We next pass into the drabant guard-room. |