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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An English knight of the lowest rank; a bachelor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See
bachelor , 4.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
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