knight of the carpet: see quotations; also = carpet-knight, n. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > one who frequents ladies' chambers (10) knight of the carpet?1547 knight of the carpet: see quotations; also = carpet-knight, n. Obsolete. carpet captain1548 carpet-man1571 one who frequents ladies' boudoirs or carpeted chambers, one who deals in ‘carpet-trade’. carpet-knight1576 Originally, perhaps = knight of the carpet at carpet, n. 2c; but, usually, a contemptuous term for a knight whose achievements belong to ‘the… carpet peer1592 chamberer1592 A man who spends his time with and pays court to women; a ladies' man, a gallant (sometimes with implications of effeminacy; cf. carpet-knight, n.)… carpet-monger1599 see carpet-man n. carpet champion1600 champion of the dames carpet squire1605 = squire of dames carpet frienda1625 |
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