Knut Definition

noun
(archaic, informal, Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town.
Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts,For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts...
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Canute the Great
  • cnut
  • canute

Knut Sentence Examples

  • His son, Knut Johan Angstrom, was born at Upsala on the 12th of January 1857, and studied at the university of that town from 1877 to 1884.

  • Jomsvikinga Saga, the history of the pirates of Jom, down to Knut the Great's days, also relates to Danish history.

  • But his success was short-lived, for in 1029 the Norwegian nobles, seething with discontent, rallied round the invading Knut the Great, and Olaf had to flee to Russia.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

TUTNUT

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