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Knight bachelor   /naɪt bˈætʃələr/   Listen
Knight bachelor

noun
1.
A knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon.  Synonyms: bachelor, bachelor-at-arms.






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"Knight bachelor" Quotes from Famous Books



... should be bestowed upon all those—and only upon those—who rendered real services to the State. One poet had been made a Peer. One man of science had been made a Privy Councillor, and another a Peer; two painters had been made baronets; and the humble distinction of Knight Bachelor, which had been tossed contemptuously to city sheriffs, provincial mayors, and undistinguished persons who used back-stairs influence to get the title, was now brought into better consideration by being shared by a few musicians, engineers, ...
— As We Are and As We May Be • Sir Walter Besant



Words linked to "Knight bachelor" :   knight, bachelor, bachelor-at-arms



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