Knut
/kəˈnʌt/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An idle upper-class man about town. archaic, informal
"Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts, For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts..."
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Cnut (“historical name”). alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts, For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts..."
Etymology
An alteration of nut.