| 单词 | to dub a knight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dub (one) a knight (†to a knight) a. (with compl.) to dub (one) a knight (†to a knight). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)] > invest with rank or title > dub (a knight) dub1085 knighta1300 adub?1473 knightify1682 beknight1794 accolade1843 1085–1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1085 Se cyng..dubbade his sunu Henric to ridere þær. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11226 Þu..scalt..to cnihte hine dubben [c1300 Otho dobben]. a1300 K. Horn 447 Horn..þu schalt beo dubbed kniȝt. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 31 The kynge Charlemayne..doubed hym to a knyghte. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Suffolk v Whan my Kyng had doubed me a Knight. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 1 Has his majesty dubb'd me a Knight for you to make me a Mister. 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward II. vii. 116 Thou wast dubbed knight in this church. < as lemmas |
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