单词 | knight of malta |
释义 | > as lemmasKnight of Malta a. Denoting a member of some order of knighthood, as Knight of the bath n.1, garter n., thistle n., etc. Knight of St. John, Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes = hospitaller n. 3 Knight of the Temple = Templar n. Knight of Windsor, one of a small number of military officers ( Military Knights of Windsor) who have pensions and apartments in Windsor Castle. (From 1797 to 1892 there were also Naval Knights of Windsor; cf. Phrases 1) †Also, jocularly, knight of the forked order: see forked adj. 4b; knight of the order of the fork, one who digs with a fork (cf. Phrases 3b). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > specific retired officer Knight of Windsor1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 236/2 Knight of the order of saynt Michaell. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 368v/1 Eke there be knights old of the Garter That in her time did right worthily. 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters ii. sig. C2v Many of these nights will make me a Knight of Windsor. 1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 4 Some get their living by their..feet, as dancers, lackeyes, footmen, and weavers, and knights of the publicke or common order of the forke. 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades (1876) 171 A poore Knights place of Windsor. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2v You are Sr. A knight of Malta, and as I have heard, Have serv'd against the Turke. 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 690/1 8 Persian Horses led by eight Knights of the Golden Sun. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4799/1 The Marquis de Suza..was lately Install'd Knight of the Order of St. Maurice. 1783 Royal Warrant in Nicholas Hist. Ord. Knighthood (1842) IV. 6 Letters Patent..for creating a Society or Brotherhood, to be called Knights of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick. 1803 Naval Chron. 9 158 Seven Lieutenants of the Navy are to be installed Naval Knights of Windsor. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 113 The Knights of the Bath take oath to defend injured ladies. < as lemmas |
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