knight bachelor


noun,plural knights bachelors, knight bachelors.

Origin of knight bachelor

1
First recorded in 1600–10

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British Dictionary definitions for knight bachelor

knight bachelor

nounplural knights bachelors or knights bachelor
  1. a person who has been knighted but who does not belong to any of the orders of knights

  2. another name for a bachelor (def. 3)

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