Gauntlet Definition
- to accept a challenge
- to undertake the defense of a person, etc.
- to challenge, as to combat
Other Word Forms of Gauntlet
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Origin of Gauntlet
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Alteration (influenced by gauntlet) of gantlope from Swedish gatlopp gata lane (from Old Norse ghē- in Indo-European roots) lopp course, running (from Middle Low German lōp)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English "glove", also gantelet, from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”), diminutive of gant (“glove”)
From Wiktionary
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From gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”)
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French gantelet diminutive of gant glove from Frankish want
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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