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English
Etymology
un- + knight
Verb
unknight (third-person singular simple present unknights, present participle unknighting, simple past and past participle unknighted)
- (transitive) To deprive of knighthood.
a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: J G W L and W G, published 1662, →OCLC:[I cannot believe] he was unknighted so long, besides the improbability that he would condescend to such an office.
References
“unknight”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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