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"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abenteuerlustige"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "błędny rycerz"
}
],
"word": "knight-errant"
}
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