"carpet knight" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "In the sense of a non-military knight: so called because they were created while kneeling on a carpet, not the field.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carpet knights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "carpet knight (plural carpet knights)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One made a knight during a time of peace and therefore for some reason other than military distinction or service."
      ],
      "id": "en-carpet_knight-en-noun-Have6YfD",
      "links": [
        [
          "knight",
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        ],
        [
          "peace",
          "peace"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "distinction",
          "distinction"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) One made a knight during a time of peace and therefore for some reason other than military distinction or service."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 3, scene 4:",
          "text": "He is knight dubbed with unhatched rapier and / on carpet consideration",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field."
      ],
      "id": "en-carpet_knight-en-noun-bxWqeWvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ],
        [
          "luxury",
          "luxury"
        ],
        [
          "hardship",
          "hardship"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "One who avoids hard work; a fop; an idler."
      ],
      "id": "en-carpet_knight-en-noun-EYtFL-tB",
      "links": [
        [
          "fop",
          "fop"
        ],
        [
          "idler",
          "idler"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) One who avoids hard work; a fop; an idler."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 85 4",
          "sense": "one who avoids hard work",
          "word": "dandy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
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          "orig": "en:People",
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            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lady's man."
      ],
      "id": "en-carpet_knight-en-noun-4m8c9kuC",
      "links": [
        [
          "lady's man",
          "lady's man"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A lady's man."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51 0 0",
      "word": "idler"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Knight of the Carpet"
  ],
  "word": "carpet knight"
}

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    "English nouns",
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    "Pages with entries",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "In the sense of a non-military knight: so called because they were created while kneeling on a carpet, not the field.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carpet knights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "carpet knight (plural carpet knights)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One made a knight during a time of peace and therefore for some reason other than military distinction or service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knight",
          "knight"
        ],
        [
          "peace",
          "peace"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "distinction",
          "distinction"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) One made a knight during a time of peace and therefore for some reason other than military distinction or service."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 3, scene 4:",
          "text": "He is knight dubbed with unhatched rapier and / on carpet consideration",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ease",
          "ease"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ],
        [
          "luxury",
          "luxury"
        ],
        [
          "hardship",
          "hardship"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who avoids hard work; a fop; an idler."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fop",
          "fop"
        ],
        [
          "idler",
          "idler"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) One who avoids hard work; a fop; an idler."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lady's man."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lady's man",
          "lady's man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A lady's man."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "one who avoids hard work",
      "word": "dandy"
    },
    {
      "word": "idler"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Knight of the Carpet"
  ],
  "word": "carpet knight"
}