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Bas-Chevaliers

Bas-Chevaliers, low or inferior knights by tenure of a base military fee, as distinguished from bannerets, chief or superior knights. Hence we call our simple knights, viz., knights bachelors, bas-chevaliers, Ken. Par. Antiq...

Knights bachelors

Knights bachelors [fr. bas chevalier, Fr.], the most ancient though lowest order of knighthood, formerly entitled to a pennon in battle. See BAS-CHEVALIERS; KNIGHT....

Boa

A genus of large American serpents including the boa constrictor the emperor boa of Mexico Boa imperator and the chevalier boa of Peru Boa eques...

Chevalier

A horseman a knight a gallant young man...

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