E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Paladin. | |
An officer of the Palatium or Byzantine palace, a high dignitary. | 1 |
Paladins. The knights of King Charlemagne. The most noted are Allory de lEstoc; Astolfo; Basin de Genevois; Fierambras or Ferumbras; Florismart; Ganelon, the traitor; Geoffroy, Seigneur de Bordelois, and Geoffroy de Frises; Guerin, Duc de Lorraine; Guillaume de lEstoc, brother of Allory; Guy de Bourgogne; Hoël, Comte de Nantes; Lambert, Prince de Bruxelles; Malagigi; Nami or Nayme de Bavière; Ogier or Oger the Dane; Olivier, son of Regnier, Comte de Gennes; Orlando (see Roland); Otuël; Richard, Duc de Normandie; Rinaldo; Riol du Mans; Roland, Comte de Cenouta, son of Milon and Dame Berthe, Charlemagnes sister, Samson, Duc de Bourgogne; and Thiry or Thiery dArdaine. Of these, twelve at a time seemed to have formed the coterie of the king. (Latin, palat rvus, one of the palace.) | 2 |
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Who bear the bows were knights in Arthurs reign, |
Twelve they, and twelve the peers of Charlemain. | |
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Dryden: The Flower and the Leaf. |
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