1A member of a band of mercenaries in France in the late medieval period.
（中世纪末法国的）结队抢劫的雇佣军
the widely scattered bands of plundering routiers
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Soon would appear the routiers, mercenary armies that served one king or the other or, when neither king could pay, would roam the countryside in search of plunder.
In the 11th and 12th centuries the Low Countries were a prime recruiting ground for mercenary troops, or routiers.
As the Hundred Years' War more serious, and especially as more and more routiers spread warfare everywhere, it became more desirable to leave Avignon.
2(in France) a long-distance lorry driver.
（法国）长途运货汽车司机
as modifiera genuine French routier bistro
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The Tory press, fresh from lambasting the French routiers for clogging up the ports, is praising British truckers for holding the country hostage.