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ROYALIST |
King’s man |
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PARK |
A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the
chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. |
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MOVE |
To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to
another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king. |
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GRANDEE |
A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a
nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence. |
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ANTECEDENT |
The first of the two propositions which constitute an
enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore
the king must die. |
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RESUMPTION |
The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or
tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other
error. |
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OF |
Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject
to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a
man of courage; the gate of heaven. |
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CROESUS |
A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c.,
and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a
very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus. |
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WEREGILD |
The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man
killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the
lord of a vassal, a... |
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STABLE STAND |
The position of a man who is found at his standing in
the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a
deer, or close by a tr... |
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ANTONOMASIA |
The use of some epithet or the name of some office,
dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when
his majesty is used... |