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- Old English · inherited fromman
- English todaykempery-man
From kemp (“to contend, struggle, compete”) + -er, and Old English man.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishman all →
moan
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kempery-man
Today it means: A mediaeval knight-errant or champion. Full definition →
Old English man