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English
Noun
belted knight (plural belted knights)
- 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: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, 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.
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Scots
Noun
belted knight (plural belted knights)
- A belted knight.
1789, Robert Burns, The Five Carlins:The first ane was a belted Knight,
Bred of a Border band;
And he wad gae to London town,
Might nae man him withstand.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1795, Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for A’ That: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!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)