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ale-knight

ale-knight noun: a drinking companion.

Noun

ale-knight (plural ale-knights)

  1. (obsolete) A drinking companion.
    • Come, all you brave wights, / That are dubbed ale-knights, / Now set out yourselves in sight; / And let them that crack / In the praises of sack, / Know malt is of mickle might.a. 1654, “The Answer of Ale to the Challenge of Sack”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 6, London: J. Johnson, et al, published 1810, page 208
    • Payne, for a long time, lived and worked alone in his filthy den; but towards the close of his career, he took in, as a fellow-labourer, an excellent workman named Weir. This man was a regularly 'dubbed ale-knight,' loved barley-wine to the full as much as his partner, and used to sing: […]1864, Robert Chambers, “November 20”, in Chambers Book of Days, page 597

Forms of ale-knight

pluralale-knights

Questions about ale-knight

What does ale-knight mean?
Ale-knight means a drinking companion.
What part of speech is ale-knight?
Ale-knight is a noun.
What is the plural of ale-knight?
The plural of ale-knight is ale-knights.

Words near ale-knight in the dictionary

  1. ale-drapers
  2. ale-drapery
  3. ale-hoof
  4. ale-house
  5. ale-houses
  6. ale-knight
  7. ale-knights
  8. ale-pole
  9. ale-poles
  10. ale-post
  11. ale-stake

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