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merknight

merknight noun: a merperson knight.

Noun

merknight (plural merknights)

  1. A merperson knight.
    • […] while merknights in full armour give their own demonstration of fishy combat tactics.1967, Bridget Ann Henisch, Medieval Armchair Travels, Carnation Press (1967), page 38
    • However, it is the scilla's cousin the "merknight" (Fig. 107) who most closely resembles the curious armored fish men that Bosch portrays.1981, Laurinda S. Dixon, Alchemical Imagery in Bosch's Garden of Delights, UMI Research Press, →ISBN, page 44

Forms of merknight

pluralmerknights

Origin of merknight

From mer- + knight.

Questions about merknight

What does merknight mean?
Merknight means a merperson knight.
What part of speech is merknight?
Merknight is a noun.
What is the plural of merknight?
The plural of merknight is merknights.

Words near merknight in the dictionary

  1. Merkles
  2. Merkley
  3. Merkleys
  4. Merkman
  5. Merkmann
  6. merknight
  7. merknights
  8. Merkozy
  9. merks
  10. Merksemian
  11. Merkulov

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