templar

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US/ˈtemplər/

noun

A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.

“c. 1815-1833?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Donne solitary, family, and templar devotion”

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Knight Templar
OriginMiddle English templer ← Old French templier ← Latin templum →
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Meanings

templar1

nountemplar (plural templars)

plural templars

  1. UKlawA barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.

templar2

adjectivetemplar (comparative more templar, superlative most templar)

comparative more templar · superlative most templar

  1. obsoleteOf or relating to a temple.

    c. 1815-1833?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Donne solitary, family, and templar devotion

Templar3

nounTemplar (plural Templars)

plural Templars

  1. A Knight Templar, one of the Knights Templar.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher

Similar
Knight Templar
Broader
knight
Also see
knight templar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

templar · noun

  1. Latintemplum“temple”
  2. Old Frenchtemplier
  3. Middle Englishtempler
  4. Englishtemplar

From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templārius, from Latin templum (“temple”).

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templar · adjective

  1. Latintemplum“temple”
  2. Late Latintemplāris
  3. Englishtemplar

From Late Latin templāris, from Latin templum (“temple”) + -āris, equivalent to temple + -ar.

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Templar · noun

  1. Latintemplum“temple”
  2. Old Frenchtemplier
  3. Middle Englishtempler
  4. EnglishTemplar

From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templarius, from Latin templum (“temple”).

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Translations

Bulgarian тамплиер
  • тамплиер (tamplier)one of the Knights Templar
Catalan templer
  • templerone of the Knights Templar
Chinese Mandarin 聖殿騎士 /圣殿骑士
  • 聖殿騎士 /圣殿骑士 (shèngdiàn qíshì)one of the Knights Templar
Czech templář
  • templářone of the Knights Templar
Esperanto templano
  • templanoone of the Knights Templar
Finnish temppeliherra
  • temppeliherraone of the Knights Templar
French templier, templière
  • templierone of the Knights Templar
  • templièreone of the Knights Templar
German Templer
  • Templerone of the Knights Templar
Greek Ναΐτης
  • Ναΐτης (Naḯtis)one of the Knights Templar
Hungarian templomos, templárius
  • templomosone of the Knights Templar
  • templáriusone of the Knights Templar
Italian templare
  • templareone of the Knights Templar
Korean 성전사
  • 성전사 (Seongjeonsa)one of the Knights Templar
Latin Templarius
  • Templariusone of the Knights Templar
Norwegian tempelherre, tempelridder
  • tempelherreone of the Knights Templar
  • tempelridderone of the Knights Templar
Polish templariusz
  • templariuszone of the Knights Templar
Portuguese templário
  • templárioone of the Knights Templar
Russian тамплие́р
  • тамплие́р (tamplijér)one of the Knights Templar
Spanish templario
  • templarioone of the Knights Templar
Turkish Tapınak Şövalyesi
  • Tapınak Şövalyesione of the Knights Templar

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

templar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/templar

MLA

“templar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/templar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “templar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/templar.

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