learning-knight
English
Alternative forms
- learningknight, learning knight
Etymology
Likely a revival of either Middle English lerning-knight or its antecedent Old English leornungcniht.
Noun
learning-knight (plural learning-knights)
- (rare, historical or archaic) One disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple.
- 1766, Bulstrode Whitlocke, Whitelockes Notes Uppon The Kings Writt For Choosing Members of Parlement:
- Thence Christ's difciples are termed, in the Saxon evangelists, Christ's learning knights.
- 1841, Edward Churton, The Early English Church, page 261:
- Christ himself first spake the Lord's prayer, and taught it to his learning-knights (the apostles).
- 1881, A translation of the Anglo-Saxon version of St. Mark's Gospel, page 47:
- Again in those days there was with him a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat, then saith he, his learning-knights being called together, I pity this crowd for that they abide with me three days and have nothing to eat.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- And there came against the place as they stood a young learningknight yclept Dixon.