'Knight bachelor' definitions:
Definition of 'knight bachelor'
(from WordNet)
noun
A knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon [syn: knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor]
Definition of 'Knight bachelor'
From: GCIDE
- Knight bachelor \Knight" bach"e*lor\; pl. Knights bachelors. A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4. [1913 Webster]