Chivalry vs Gentle - What's the difference?
chivalry | gentle |
Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 529:
(obsolete) The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honor, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
Courtesy, respect and honorable conduct between opponents in wartime.
Courteous behavior, especially that of men towards women.
(UK, legal, historical) A tenure of lands by knightly service.
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
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Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
(archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
* Johnson's Cyc.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between chivalry and gentle
is that chivalry is cavalry; horsemen armed for battle while gentle is (archaic) a person of high birth.As an adjective gentle is
tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.As a verb gentle is
to become gentle.chivalry
English
(wikipedia chivalry)Noun
(en-noun)- ‘Most of the lords who rode with Lord Renly to Storm's End have gone over banner-and-blade to Stannis, with all their chivalry .’
See also
* bushido *gentle
English
Adjective
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- a gentle horse
- British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle , or simple.
- the studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time