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Word entry · 8 letters

chivalry

Best crossword clue

"Knightly courtesy"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃɪvəlɹi/Part of speech nounSorted achilrvyStarts with CEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. courtesy towards women

Word origin

From Middle English chivalerie, a late 13th century loan from Old French chevalerie (“knighthood, chivalry, nobility, cavalry”) (11th century), the -erie (“-ery”) abstract of chevaler (“knight, horseman”), from Medieval Latin caballarius (“horseman, knight”), from caballus (“horse”). Medieval Latin caballaria (“knighthood, status or fief of a knight”) dates to the 12th century. Doublet of cavalry.

Used in a sentence

  • ‘Most of the lords who rode with Lord Renly to Storm's End have gone over banner-and-blade to Stannis, with all their chivalry.’

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