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Armorer :: Armorer (n.) Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor..

Quixotism :: Quixotism (n.) That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry..

Knights Bachelors :: Knights bachelors (pl. ) of Knight bachelo.

Knights Bannerets :: Knights bannerets (pl. ) of Knight bannere.

Chivalry :: Chivalry (n.) The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc..

Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..

Knighthood :: Knighthood (n.) The whole body of knights.

Knight-errant :: Knight-errant (n.) A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity..

Belt :: Belt (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.

Knight :: Knight (n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

Knightly :: Knightly (adv.) In a manner becoming a knight.

Squire :: Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..

Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

Escuage :: Escuage (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage..

Garter :: Garter (n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself..

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight..

Knight :: Knight (n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.

Knight Templar :: Knight Templar () See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3..

Preceptory :: Preceptory (n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2..

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