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Brewer's: Red Rose Knight
(The) Tom Thumb or Tom-a-lin. Richard Johnson, in 1597, published a “history of this ever-renowned soldier, the Red Rose Knight, surnamed the Boast of England. ...” Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Priest ... Knight
I would rather walk with Sir Priest than Sir Knight. I prefer peace to strife. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Priest of the Blue-bagPridwin A B C D E F…Brewer's: Knight of the Bleeding Heart
The Bleeding Heart was one of the many semi-religious orders instituted in the Middle Ages in honour of the Virgin Mary, whose “heart was pierced with many sorrows.” “When he was at…Brewer's: Knight of the Couching Leopard
(The). Sir Kenneth, or rather the Earl of Huntingdon, Prince Royal of Scotland, who followed, incognito, Richard I. to the Crusade, and is the chief character of the Talisman, a novel by…Brewer's: Knight of La Mancha
Don Quixote de la Mancha, the hero of Cervantes' novel, called Don Quixote. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knight of the Bleeding HeartKnight Rider Street…Brewer's: Knight Rider Street
(London). So named from the processions of knights from the Tower to Smithfield, where tournaments were held. Leigh Hunt says the name originated in a sign or some reference to the Heralds…Brewer's: Knight of the Rueful Countenance
Don Quixote. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knight's FeeKnight of the Post A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…Brewer's: Knights of the Green Cloth
Same as CARPET KNIGHTS (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the HandcuffsKnights of the Garter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
An Order of military knights founded by Godfrey of Bouillon, in 1099, to guard the “Holy Sepulchre.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the Order of…Brewer's: Knights o' the Post
Persons who haunted the purlieus of the courts, ready to be hired for a bribe to swear anything; so called from their being always found waiting at the posts which the sheriffs set up…Trending
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