Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/January 28

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Word of the day
for January 28
douzeper n (rare, chiefly in the plural)
  1. (historical fiction) One of the legendary "twelve peers" or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.
  2. (by extension, historical) One of the twelve nobles granted feudal territories or episcopal sees by the King of France in return for their fealty (namely the Archbishop-Duke of Rheims; the Bishop-Dukes of Laon and Langres; the Bishop-Counts of Beauvais, Chalons, and Noyon, the Dukes of Normandy, Burgundy, and Aquitaine; and the Counts of Toulouse, Flanders and Champagne).
  3. (by extension) An individual considered to be like or in the model of Charlemagne's peers; someone considered a great hero or paladin.

Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans, died on this day in 814.

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