Knight of the Bath

American  

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of Knight of the Bath

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1600, he came to London, and being introduced at court, he became a Knight of the Bath soon after the accession of James the First. 

From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Williams, Robert

In 1771, he was made Knight of the Bath; and in 1795, was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Lavington of Lavington.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

He was created a Knight of the Bath in January, 1605, and in May, 1614, was appointed Master of the Horse to Charles, Prince of Wales.

From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Boas, Frederick S.

Richard III. made him a Knight of the Bath, and Henry VII. visited him at Oxburgh.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)