Associations to the word «Tercio»

Wiktionary

TERCIO, noun. (bullfighting) Each of the three stages of a bullfight - with the vara, the banderilla and finally the death
TERCIO, noun. An infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers in a mutually supportive formation

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.