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PALADIN (Lat. palatinus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALADIN (See also:Lat. palatinus) , strictly a courtier, a member of a royal See also:household, one connected with a See also:palace. From being applied to the famous twelve peers of See also:Charlemagne, the word became a See also:general See also:term in See also:romance for knights of See also:great prowess.

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