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To: Tax-chick

Stands to reason, Knight were officers of the kingdom.


21 posted on 07/21/2018 5:58:54 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: eastforker
"Knight" is a Germanic term, knecht. Same concept. Language origin in Britain is a huge mess, which is a main reason why English is the language of global business and science.
22 posted on 07/21/2018 6:01:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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