Targee
/tɑːrˈdʒiː/noun
A person who carries or uses a targe, a small shield.
Did you know?A targe was a small shield especially associated with Scottish Highland warriors, making a targee a distinctly martial historical figure rather than a mystical one.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*targō
“A shield or defensive covering; the reconstructed ancestor of later Germanic shield terms.”
Old High German
Old High German
targa
“A shield or buckler.”
13th–14th Century
Old French
targe
“A small shield, particularly one used in combat.”
14th Century
English
target
“Originally a small shield; later, an object aimed at in practice or combat.”
17th–18th Century
English
targee
“A person carrying or using a targe, formed with the suffix -ee.”
Modern English
English
targee
“An obsolete or historical term for a bearer of a targe.”