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belted knight en · NOUN
Meanings
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A man who has been knighted and received a belt and sword as the tokens of his knighthood.
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.
1881, William Samuel Symonds, chapter 11, in Malvern Chase: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.
1893, Rudyard Kipling, The Last Rhyme of True Thomas, lines 1–4:
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belted earl