teutonic knight

teutonic knight
noun
Usage: usually capitalized T&K
: a knight of a powerful religious military order founded at Acre in 1190 as a brotherhood of German crusaders

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Teutonic Knight,
a member of a military and religious order of German knights founded about 1190 to spread Christianity and help the needy.

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