Meaning of knight of the post | Babel Free

Definitions

A known perjurer; a professional false witness.

idiomatic, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“A knight of the post […] quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything for twelve pence.”

“[…] But with more lucky hit than those That use to make the stars depose, Like knights o' th' post, and falsely charge Upon themselves what others forge; As if they were consenting to All mischief in the world men do […]”

“[T]he fugitive had been cajoled by a certain knight of the post, who undertook to manage the thousand pounds in such a manner, as would, in a very little time, make him perfectly independent […].”

CEFR level