Masculine
Knecht
- (masculine, strong) male servant, menial, especially on a farm
- (figuratively, masculine, strong) serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves another
- (historical, masculine, strong) a soldier, often a mercenary, of the 15th to 17th centuries
- (masculine, obsolete, strong) a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/knɛçt/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German knëht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Landarbeiter
Subalterner
Hilfsarbeiter
Ergebener
treuer Gefolgsmann
Paladin
Peon
ergebener Anhänger
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