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palfreys

palfreys is the plural of palfrey.

Meaning of palfrey

Noun

palfrey (plural palfreys)

  1. (historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).
    • Five warriors seiz'd me yestermorn, / Me, even me, a maid forlorn: / They choked my cries with force and fright, / And tied me on a palfrey white. / The palfrey was as fleet as wind, / And they rode furiously behind.1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Christabel. Part I.”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC...

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Proper noun capitalized: Palfreys

Palfreys

  1. (plural) plural of Palfrey

Questions about palfreys

What is palfreys the plural of?
Palfreys is the plural of palfrey.
What part of speech is palfreys?
Palfreys is a proper noun.

Words near palfreys in the dictionary

  1. Paley
  2. Paley's watch
  3. palfrey
  4. palfreyed
  5. palfreyman
  6. palfreys
  7. Palghar
  8. palgrave
  9. palgraves
  10. Palhares
  11. pali

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