a. Obs. rare. [f. KNIGHT sb. + -LESS.] Unbecoming a knight; unknightly.

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1590.  Spenser, F. Q., I. vi. 41. Thou cursed miscreaunt, That hast with knightlesse guile … Faire knighthood fowly shamed.

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17[?].  Ld. Ingram, xxiii. in Child, Ballads, III. lxvi E. 134/2. I laugh at the knightless sport That I saw wi my ee.

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  Knightlihood, -ness, etc.: see KNIGHTLY a.

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