Knight of the Bath

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noun

1. a member of a knightly order founded by George I of England in 1725.

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Etymology

Origin of Knight of the Bath

So called because of the bath new knights took before initiation into the order

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Knight of the Bath

Richard became a Knight of the Bath and of the Garter.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was created a Knight of the Bath and received a pension with remainder to his children.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole

Charles I., at his coronation, made Hopton a Knight of the Bath.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

For his exploits he received the thanks of King and Parliament, and was dubbed a Knight of the Bath.

From Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century by James Richard Joy

Edward VI., upon his accession, acknowledged his kinship and created him Knight of the Bath.

From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson