Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female knight; a woman of knightly character, or who is the wife of a knight.
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Examples
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I will cheerfully weed your flowers and wax your speeder for you if you agree to instruct me in the ways of the Force so I can become a Jedi knightess.
Parenting 101 2005
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I will ride in like a knightess in shining armor and save the day.
I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke Mary Loverde 2002
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I will ride in like a knightess in shining armor and save the day.
I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke Mary Loverde 2002
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So here 's luck to that bold adventuress, that knightess-errant, the widow
The Lady Paramount Henry Harland 1883
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"You must n't faint, or explode, or anything -- but the lady he's engaged to in England is your old friend -- that bold adventuress, that knightess errant -- the widow
The Lady Paramount Henry Harland 1883
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