kempery-man
kempery-man noun: a mediaeval knight-errant or champion.
Noun
kempery-man (plural kempery-men)
- A mediaeval knight-errant or champion.
- The Gaelic military force, whose status is well expressed in ancient ballads by the designation of "the Kempery men" or men of the camp, were, with their taoiseach, or leader, supported throughout the country by the creaghts.1856, “Ancient Irish Income”, in Ulster Journal of Archaeology, volume 4, pages 241-52
- I only want an excuse like that for turning kempery-man — knight-errant, as those Norman puppies call it, — like Regnar Lodbrog, or Frithiof, or Harold Hardraade.1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 1, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson
Forms of kempery-man
| plural | kempery-men |
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Origin of kempery-man
From kemp (“to contend, struggle, compete”) + -er, and Old English man.
Questions about kempery-man
- What does kempery-man mean?
- Kempery-man means a mediaeval knight-errant or champion.
- What part of speech is kempery-man?
- Kempery-man is a noun.
- What is the plural of kempery-man?
- The plural of kempery-man is kempery-men.
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