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A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page.

• Knight-errantry
  The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
• KNIGHTERRATIC
  Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. [R.] Quart. Rev.
• Knight-er-ratic
  Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.
• squireship
  Squirehood.
• KNIGHTMARSHAL
  An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.
• Knighthead
  A bollard timber. See under Bollard.
• KNIGHTSERVICE
  A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.
• Knighthood
  The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.
• KNIGHTSFEE
  The fee of a knight; specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation of knight service, being sometimes a hide or less, sometimes six or more hides.
• Knightless
  Unbecoming a knight.
• KNIGHTTEMPLAR
  See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.
• Knighting
  of Knight
• Knightliness
  The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.

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