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belted_knight

belted knight

English

Noun

belted knight (plural belted knights)

  1. A man who has been knighted and received a belt and sword as the tokens of his knighthood.
    • 1881, William Samuel Symonds, Malvern Chase, Chapter 11,
      When I awoke the next morning, it was difficult to realise that I was a belted knight and the master of the house, with all the various duties of life before me, and yet only twenty-one years of age.
    • 1893, Rudyard Kipling, “The Last Rhyme of True Thomas,” lines 1-4,
      The king has called for priest and cup,
      The King has taken spur and blade
      To dub True Thomas a belted knight,
      And all for the sake o’ the songs he made.

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Scots

Noun

belted knight (plural belted knights)

  1. A belted knight.
    • 1789, Robert Burns, “The Five Carlins”
      The first ane was a belted Knight,
      Bred of a Border band;
      And he wad gae to London town,
      Might nae man him withstand.
    • 1795, Robert Burns, “A Man’s a Man for A’ That”
      A prince can mak a belted knight,
      A marquis, duke, an’ a’ that;
      But an honest man’s abon his might,
      Gude faith, he maunna fa’ that!