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KNIGHT
SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: English
Meaning & History
Krom the Old English cniht, meaning "knight" or "tenant serving as a mounted soldier". Earliest record found: Oschetel Cniht, Norfolk Pipe Rolls, 1166.
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