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单词 riding-king
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riding-kingn.

Forms:

α. Middle English redan king, Middle English redyng king, Middle English redyng kyng, Middle English rydyng kyng.

β. late Middle English rede kyng.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: riding n.1, king n.
Etymology: < riding n.1 + king n. Compare earlier radknight n.The second element is probably a reinterpretation of kinct , kincht , etc., variants (with metathesis) of knight n.; compare rodcingth , variant of radknight n.
Feudal Law. Obsolete. rare.
A vassal who owes his lord the service of riding in his retinue; = radknight n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance > by military service > by service on horseback
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c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 165 Þanne goþ in glotoun..Cisse þe soutere sat on þe bench..A ropere, a redyngking [c1425 Liverpool Univ. Redan king, a1500 Eaton redekyng; a1425 Newnh. 900.4 (B text) Rydyngkyng], & rose þe disshere.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iii. 112 (MED) In witnesse of þis þyng wrong was þe ferste..Reynald the reue, and þe Redyngkynges menye.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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