BACHELOR-AT-ARMS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

Synonyms:

bachelor; bachelor-at-arms; knight bachelor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bachelor-at-arms" is a kind of...):

knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)

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