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learning-knight

noun

Etymology

Likely a revival of either Middle English lerning-knight or its antecedent Old English leornungcniht.

  1. borrowed from leornungcniht
  2. borrowed from lerning-knight

Definitions

  1. One disciplined and devoted to learning

    One disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple.

    • Thence Christ's difciples are termed, in the Saxon evangelists, Christ's learning knights.
    • Christ himself first spake the Lord's prayer, and taught it to his learning-knights (the apostles).
    • Again in those days there was with him a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat, then saith he, his learning-knights being called together, I pity this crowd for that they abide with me three days and have nothing to eat.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA