Knightlet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small or petty knight.

    "Then follow accounts of many misdeeds of different sinners, and the penalties enforced on them, the Church standing up valiantly against the petty chiefs and knightlets which abounded in Wales, though she was well paid for it."

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knightlingknightling

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"Then follow accounts of many misdeeds of different sinners, and the penalties enforced on them, the Church standing up valiantly against the petty chiefs and knightlets which abounded in Wales, though she was well paid for it."

Etymology

From knight + -let.

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