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Banneret :: Banneret (n.) Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank..

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

Surcoat :: Surcoat (n.) A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer..

Knighthood :: Knighthood (n.) The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry..

Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner..

Bachelor :: Bachelor (n.) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight..

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..

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

Knight Marshal :: Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties..

Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.

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

Knight Banneret :: Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle..

Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..

Sir :: Sir (n.) A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.

Knight Bachelor :: Knight bachelor () A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4..

Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..

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.

Equestrian :: Equestrian (a.) Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order..

Dubbing :: Dubbing (n.) The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc..

Knight Service :: Knight service () A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4..

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