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Knight

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

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Bachelor 76% connected

A man of any age who has not been married.

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Banneret 76% connected

Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.

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Knight bachelor 76% connected

A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.

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Knight banneret 76% connected

A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater n…

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Knight Templar 76% connected

See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.

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Knight-errant 76% connected

A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

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Templar 76% connected

One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of th…

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Chessman 76% connected

A piece used in the game of chess.

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Ennoble 76% connected

To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.

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Entitle 76% connected

To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle…

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Gentle 76% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Dub 74% connected

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

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Dub 74% connected

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

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Knightly 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.

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Knightly 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.

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Dub 92% connected

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

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Horse 92% connected

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.…

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