"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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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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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."
      ],
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          "peace",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "distinction",
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        ],
        [
          "service",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) One made a knight during a time of peace and therefore for some reason other than military distinction or service."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
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      "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field."
      ],
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          "security",
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        ],
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          "luxury",
          "luxury"
        ],
        [
          "hardship",
          "hardship"
        ],
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          "field",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "One who avoids hard work; a fop; an idler."
      ],
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        [
          "fop",
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          "idler",
          "idler"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) One who avoids hard work; a fop; an idler."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
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          "sense": "one who avoids hard work",
          "word": "dandy"
        }
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        "dated"
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      "glosses": [
        "A lady's man."
      ],
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          "lady's man",
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        "(obsolete) A lady's man."
      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
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      "word": "idler"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Knight of the Carpet"
  ],
  "word": "carpet knight"
}

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    "en:People"
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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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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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."
      ],
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          "peace",
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        ],
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        [
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        ],
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        "(historical) One made a knight during a time of peace and therefore for some reason other than military distinction or service."
      ],
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      ],
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        {
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          "text": "He is knight dubbed with unhatched rapier and / on carpet consideration",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field."
      ],
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        ],
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          "security",
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        ],
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          "luxury",
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        ],
        [
          "hardship",
          "hardship"
        ],
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          "field",
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        ]
      ],
      "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."
      ],
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        [
          "fop",
          "fop"
        ],
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          "idler",
          "idler"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dated) One who avoids hard work; a fop; an idler."
      ],
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        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lady's man."
      ],
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          "lady's man",
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) A lady's man."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "one who avoids hard work",
      "word": "dandy"
    },
    {
      "word": "idler"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Knight of the Carpet"
  ],
  "word": "carpet knight"
}