"ale-knight" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "a. 1654, “The Answer of Ale to the Challenge of Sack”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 6, London: J. Johnson, et al, published 1810, page 208",
          "text": "Come, all you brave wights, / That are dubbed ale-knights, / Now set out yourselves in sight; / And let them that crack / In the praises of sack, / Know malt is of mickle might.",
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          "ref": "1864, Robert Chambers, “November 20”, in Chambers Book of Days, page 597",
          "text": "Payne, for a long time, lived and worked alone in his filthy den; but towards the close of his career, he took in, as a fellow-labourer, an excellent workman named Weir. This man was a regularly 'dubbed ale-knight,' loved barley-wine to the full as much as his partner, and used to sing: […]",
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        "A drinking companion."
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        "(obsolete) A drinking companion."
      ],
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  "word": "ale-knight"
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          "ref": "a. 1654, “The Answer of Ale to the Challenge of Sack”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 6, London: J. Johnson, et al, published 1810, page 208",
          "text": "Come, all you brave wights, / That are dubbed ale-knights, / Now set out yourselves in sight; / And let them that crack / In the praises of sack, / Know malt is of mickle might.",
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        },
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          "text": "Payne, for a long time, lived and worked alone in his filthy den; but towards the close of his career, he took in, as a fellow-labourer, an excellent workman named Weir. This man was a regularly 'dubbed ale-knight,' loved barley-wine to the full as much as his partner, and used to sing: […]",
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        "A drinking companion."
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        "(obsolete) A drinking companion."
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        "obsolete"
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  "word": "ale-knight"
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