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  • 21Knight’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1381)    The Knight’s Tale is the first of the CANTERBURY TALES. Probably written before the rest of the tales and incorporated later, the Knight’s Tale is a courtly ROMANCE based on BOCCACCIO’s TESEIDA. It concerns… …

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  • 22Knight — This is a medieval status name from the Olde English pre 7th Century criht , meaning boy, youth or serving lad, later extended to mean a tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier and therefore a man of some importance and substance.… …

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  • 23knight — noun 1》 (in the Middle Ages) a man raised to honourable military rank after service as a page and squire.     ↘(also knight of the shire) historical a gentleman representing a shire or county in Parliament.     ↘literary a man devoted to a cause… …

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  • 24Servant — This interesting name is a dialectual variant of the name Sergeant an occupational name of Anglo French orign. The derivation is from the Olde French or Medieval word Sergent , itself from the Latin Serviens, to serve. The surname probably… …

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  • 25knight — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cniht man at arms, boy, servant; akin to Old High German kneht youth, military follower Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a mounted man at arms serving a feudal superior; especially a man… …

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  • 26Knight marshal — Marshal Mar shal, n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. mar[ e]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah scalc (G. marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. mar[ e]chal signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See… …

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  • 27Charles Knight — is the name of: Charles Knight (publisher) (1791–1873), English author and publisher Charles Knight (civil servant) (1863–1941), British civil servant Charles Knight (filmmaker) (born 1967), New Zealand filmmaker, actor and stuntman Charles… …

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  • 28Carpet knight — Knight Knight, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, AS. cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.] 1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.] [1913… …

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  • 29Glenn Knight — Infobox Person name = Glenn Jeyasingam Knight image size = caption = birth date = 1945 birth place = death date = death place = education = University graduate occupation = Former lawyer spouse = Pathmavali Rengayah parents = children = NoneGlenn …

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  • 30List of Magic Knight Rayearth characters — The list of characters from the Magic Knight Rayearth anime and manga series by CLAMP. (Note: many characters names are either taken from or related to cars.) [1] Contents 1 Characters of the first season 1.1 Hikaru Shidou …

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