Bullyragging - bullying, teasing
: ballyrag to bully, esp by means of cruel
practical jokes
Charlemagne - king of the Franks and first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
Both the King and the Duke are obviously poor liars, completely dependent upon
the total ignorance of their victims.
: king of the Franks (768--814) and, as
Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800--814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the
Saxons (772--804), and the Avars (791--799). He instituted many judicial and
ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his
empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at
Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning.
Dauphin - technically, the eldest son
of a king
: In former times, the king and
queen of France's oldest son was called Dauphin.
Jericho - from the Bible, the city that had its walls miraculously
destroyed by the sounding of trumpets
: a town in the West Bank near the N
end of the Dead Sea, 251 m (825 ft) below sea level: on the site of an ancient
city, the first place to be taken by the Israelites under Joshua after entering
the Promised Land in the 14th century bc (Joshua 6)
Seneskal - a person in authority
tanyard - the section in a tannery where tanning vats are kept
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