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CARPET KNIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carpet knight" 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)
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