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KNIGHT OF THE SQUARE FLAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knight of the square flag mean? 

KNIGHT OF THE SQUARE FLAG (noun)
  The noun KNIGHT OF THE SQUARE FLAG has 1 sense:

1. a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher commandplay

  Familiarity information: KNIGHT OF THE SQUARE FLAG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KNIGHT OF THE SQUARE FLAG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

banneret; knight banneret; knight of the square flag

Hypernyms ("knight of the square flag" is a kind of...):

knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)


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