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knightlets

knightlets is the plural of knightlet.

Meaning of knightlet

Noun

knightlet (plural knightlets)

  1. A small or petty knight.
    • Then follow accounts of many misdeeds of different sinners, and the penalties enforced on them, the Church standing up valiantly against the petty chiefs and knightlets which abounded in Wales, though she was well paid for it.1885, The Red Dragon, volume 8, page 614
    Synonyms:
    knightling

Questions about knightlets

What is knightlets the plural of?
Knightlets is the plural of knightlet.

Words near knightlets in the dictionary

  1. Knighties
  2. knighting
  3. knightings
  4. knightless
  5. knightlet
  6. knightlets
  7. Knightley
  8. Knightleys
  9. knightlier
  10. knightliest
  11. knightlihood

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