Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common foot-soldier.
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Examples
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Only Tripet would have traitorously cleft his head with his horseman's sword, or lance-knight falchion; but he was well armed, and felt nothing of the blow but the weight of the stroke.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Only Tripet would have traitorously cleft his head with his horseman’s sword, or lance-knight falchion; but he was well armed, and felt nothing of the blow but the weight of the stroke.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Only Tripet would have traitorously cleft his head with his horseman’s sword, or lance-knight falchion; but he was well armed, and felt nothing of the blow but the weight of the stroke.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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