Meaning of kempery-man | Babel Free

Definitions

A mediaeval knight-errant or champion.

Examples

“The Gaelic military force, whose status is well expressed in ancient ballads by the designation of "the Kempery men" or men of the camp, were, with their taoiseach, or leader, supported throughout the country by the creaghts.”

“I only want an excuse like that for turning kempery-man — knight-errant, as those Norman puppies call it, — like Regnar Lodbrog, or Frithiof, or Harold Hardraade.”

“What is known as his Utengi is a kind of battle-chant, extolling his own prowess and taunting his enemies, quite in the fashion of a Norse kempery-man.”

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