knight of St Nicholas n.
a wandering criminal beggar; thus a highwayman.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | DSUE (1984) 1007/1: clergyman or clerk or knight of St Nicholas, or as St Nicholas’s clergyman, etc. A highwayman [...] ca. 1570-1820. |
a wandering criminal beggar; thus a highwayman.
| DSUE (1984) 1007/1: clergyman or clerk or knight of St Nicholas, or as St Nicholas’s clergyman, etc. A highwayman [...] ca. 1570-1820. |