Unknight

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of knighthood. transitive

    "[I cannot believe] he was unknighted so long, besides the improbability that he would condescend to such an office."

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"[I cannot believe] he was unknighted so long, besides the improbability that he would condescend to such an office."

Etymology

From un- + knight.

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