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Definition of "bachelor-at-arms" []

  • A knight of the lowest order; he was permitted to display only a pennon. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "bachelor-at-arms" in a sentence
  • "Their feudal discipline, moreover, in which the youth who entered the service of a veteran as page, rose in time to the rank of esquire and bachelor-at-arms, and finally won his spurs on some well-contested field, was eminently favourable to the training and proficiency of military talents."
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