merknight

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English

Etymology

From mer- +‎ knight.

Noun

merknight (plural merknights)

  1. (fantasy) A merperson knight.
    • 1967, Bridget Ann Henisch, Medieval Armchair Travels, Carnation Press (1967), page 38:
      while merknights in full armour give their own demonstration of fishy combat tactics.
    • 1981, Laurinda S. Dixon, Alchemical Imagery in Bosch's Garden of Delights, UMI Research Press, →ISBN, page 44:
      However, it is the scilla's cousin the "merknight" (Fig. 107) who most closely resembles the curious armored fish men that Bosch portrays.
    • 2009, Graeme Rimer, Thom Richardson, J.P.D. Cooper, editors, Henry VIII: Arms and the Man, 1509-2009, Royal Armouries, →ISBN, page 151:
      It is etched and gilded overall, the themes of the decoration including, on the leg defences, the labours of Hercules, and on the upper half a merknight and mermaid, supplemented with elephants and castles, and various putti and animals.