Douzeper

Quick meaning: Douzeper is a noun meaning (by extension) A person considered to be like or in the model of Charlemagne’s peers; someone considered a great hero or paladin.

Meaning

(by extension) A person considered to be like or in the model of Charlemagne’s peers; someone considered a great hero or paladin.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, historical) One of the twelve nobles granted feudal territories or episcopal sees by the King of France in return for their fealty (namely the Archbishop-Duke of Rheims; the Bishop-Dukes of Laon and Langres; the Bishop-Counts of Beauvais, Chalons, and Noyon, the Dukes of Normandy, Burgundy, and Aquitaine; and the Counts of Toulouse, Flanders and Champagne).
2. (historical fiction) One of the legendary “twelve peers” or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.

Example Sentences

Cortine, Corteyne, or Cortayn was the name given to the sword of Ogier, one of the celebrated Douzeperes of Charlemagne.

The knights of the Round Table and the douzepers were closely associated by virtue of the juxtaposition of Arthur and Charlemagne in the Nine Worthies.

Roland defiantly accepts the post of danger; the douzepers and other knights join him. Ganelon leads the van of the army as it starts again toward France. The Saracens prepare for battle.

[T]hou art one of the Douze peers already, and fate has forestalled our intended promotion. Yet rise up, sweet Sir Oliver Thatchpate, Knight of the honourable order of the Pumpkin—Rise up, in the name of Nonsense, and begone about thine own concerns, in the devil’s name.

Word Forms

• douzepers
• douzepeer
• doucepere
• douzepere

Synonyms for douzeper

Depending on context, synonyms include paladin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include douzepeer, duodecimvirate, dodecarch, duodecimvir, duodecemvirate, decemuir.

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