KNIGHT, KNIGHTHOOD
NOUNS
► GILDED SPURS the distinctive mark of a knight → 1641 obs.
► GILT SPURS the distinctive mark of a knight → 1377
► K a knighthood → 20C sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BACCALAUR a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms → 1661 obs.
► BACCALAUREATE a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms → 1696
► BACCALOR a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms → 1661 obs.
► BACHELOR a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms → 1297
► BANNERER a knight conferred for valiant deeds → 1484 obs.
► BANNERET orig. a knight able and entitled to bring a company of vassals into the field under his own banner, and who ranked next to a baron and above other knights; commonly used as a title or rank of dignity, and contrasted with ‘knight’, though sometimes with ‘bachelor’ → 1297
► BAS CHEVALIERS ‘low or inferior knights, by tenure of a bare military fee, as distinguished from bannerets and baronets’ → Bk1706
► BERN a man; a knight; a noble → Bk1825 obs.
► CARPET-KNIGHT a knight whose achievements belong to ‘the carpet’ (the lady’s boudoir, or carpeted chamber) instead of to the field of battle; a stay-at-home soldier; one devoted to idleness and pleasure → 1576
► DOUZEPER a knight or illustrious person → 1330
► PAGE a boy or youth, ranking next below a squire, in training for knighthood and in the personal service of a knight, whom he accompanied on foot → c1400 arch.
► PALADIN a knight renowned for heroism and chivalry; an eminent champion; spec. a Knight of the Round Table → 1592
► TABLE-KNIGHT a knight who sits at someone’s table, esp. at the Round Table → 1675
► VER a man, a knight → Bk1855 obs.
► WANDERING KNIGHT a knight-errant → 1596
► PAGE a boy or lad in training for knighthood, and attached to the personal service of a knight, whom he followed on foot, being not yet advanced to the rank of squire → 1480
VERBS
► ADUB to invest with the insignia of knighthood; to knight; to dub → c1450 obs.
► WIN ONE’S SPURS to gain knighthood by some act of valour; hence, to attain distinction, to achieve one’s first honours → 1425
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