Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carpet_knight

1 sense of carpet knight

Sense 1
carpet knight -- (a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle))
       => knight -- (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)