palfrey

  • 21palfrey — noun (C) old use a horse trained to be ridden, especially by a woman …

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  • 22Palfrey — Light saddled horse, often ridden by women. A riding horse, as opposed to a warhorse. See also Destrier and Courser. ♦ A riding horse. (Prestwich, Michael. Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience, 348) Related terms:… …

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  • 23palfrey — n mount, riding horse, steed, horse, saddle horse; charger, cavalry horse, remount; cowpony, range horse, race horse, Brit. hack, cob; Thoroughbred, Arab, quarter horse, hunter, child s pony …

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  • 24palfrey — pal·frey …

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  • 25palfrey — pal•frey [[t]ˈpɔl fri[/t]] n. pl. freys. archaic 1) dch a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse 2) dch a saddle horse particularly suitable for a woman • Etymology: 1200–50; ME palefrei < OF < LL paraverēdus post horse for byways …

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  • 26palfrey — /ˈpɔlfri/ (say pawlfree) noun (plural palfreys) Archaic 1. a riding horse, as distinguished from a warhorse. 2. a woman s saddle horse. {Middle English palefrai, from Old French palefrei, from Late Latin paraverēdus, from Greek para beside +… …

  • 27palfrey —   n. quiet moving saddle horse …

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  • 28palfrey — n. (pl. eys) archaic a horse for ordinary riding, esp. for women. Etymology: ME f. OF palefrei f. med.L palefredus, LL paraveredus f. Gk para beside, extra, + L veredus light horse, of Gaulish orig …

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  • 29Deborah Jeane Palfrey — aka DC Madam; at a court hearing, on 30 April 2007. Born March 18, 1956(1956 03 18) North Charleroi, Pennsylvania …

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  • 30Sarah Palfrey Cooke — Sarah Palfrey Full name Sarah Hammond Palfrey Country  United States Born September 18, 1912(1912 09 18) Sharon, Massachusetts …

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