BACHELOR-AT-ARMS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

Synonyms:

bachelor; bachelor-at-arms; knight bachelor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bachelor-at-arms" is a kind of...):

knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)