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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A knight.

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  • noun knight

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from rīden, to ride; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.]

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From German Ritter.

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