belted knight

English

Noun

belted knight (plural belted knights)

1. A man who has been knighted and received a belt and sword as the tokens of his knighthood.
   • 1881, William Samuel Symonds, chapter 11, in Malvern Chase‎^[1]:

     When I awoke the next morning, it was difficult to realise that I was a belted knight and the master of the house, with all the various duties of life before me, and yet only twenty-one years of age.

   • 1893, Rudyard Kipling, The Last Rhyme of True Thomas‎^[2], lines 1–4:

     The king has called for priest and cup,
     The King has taken spur and blade
     To dub True Thomas a belted knight,
     And all for the sake o’ the songs he made.

Related terms

• belted earl

Scots

Noun

belted knight (plural belted knights)

1. A belted knight.
   • 1789, Robert Burns, The Five Carlins‎^[3]:

     The first ane was a belted Knight,
     Bred of a Border band;
     And he wad gae to London town,
     Might nae man him withstand.

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   • 1795, Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for A’ That‎^[4]:

     A prince can mak a belted knight,
     A marquis, duke, an’ a’ that;
     But an honest man’s abon his might,
     Gude faith, he maunna fa’ that!

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