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KNIGHT TEMPLAR (knights templar, knights templars)

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• KNIGHT TEMPLAR (noun)
The noun KNIGHT TEMPLAR has 2 senses:

1. a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States
2. a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher

Familiarity information: KNIGHT TEMPLAR used as a noun is rare.

• KNIGHT TEMPLAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Knight Templar" is a kind of...):

Freemason; Mason (a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Templar; Knight Templar

Hypernyms ("Knight Templar" is a kind of...):

knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)

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