Knape

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lad. dialectal, obsolete

    "1534, Incorporation of Hammermen, unknown Given to the two knapes & for graithing of the harness to the bannermen."

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"1534, Incorporation of Hammermen, unknown Given to the two knapes & for graithing of the harness to the bannermen."

Etymology

From Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), from Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.

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