Associations to the word «Knut»

Wiktionary

KNUT, noun. (archaic) (informal) (Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town

Dictionary definition

KNUT, noun. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035).

Wise words

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