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household-knight

house·hold-knight
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hous-hohld, -ohld nahyt]
    • /ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld, -ˌoʊld naɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hous-hohld, -ohld nahyt]
    • /ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld, -ˌoʊld naɪt/

Definitions of household-knight word

  • noun household-knight an unmarried man. 1
  • noun household-knight a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree. 1
  • noun household-knight a fur seal, especially a young male, kept from the breeding grounds by the older males. 1
  • noun household-knight Also called bachelor-at-arms. a young knight who followed the banner of another. 1
  • noun household-knight Also called household knight. a landless knight. 1
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Origin of household-knight

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English bacheler < Old French < Vulgar Latin *baccalār(is) farm hand; akin to Late Latin baccalāria piece of land, orig. plural of *baccalārium dairy farm, equivalent to *baccālis of cows (bacca, variant of Latin vacca cow + -ālis -al1) + -ārium place

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Parts of speech for Household-knight

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Household-knight

household-knight popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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