Learning-knight

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple. archaic, historical, rare

    "Thence Christ's difciples are termed, in the Saxon evangelists, Christ's learning knights."

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"Thence Christ's difciples are termed, in the Saxon evangelists, Christ's learning knights."

Etymology

Likely a revival of either Middle English lerning-knight or its antecedent Old English leornungcniht.

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