Trabant

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A trabant (Ital. trabanti, from the German traben, Lat.: satellites) was a historical name for an attendant or a lifeguard, especially in the Middle Ages, who usually travelled on foot (as opposed to horseback).

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Trabant (military)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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