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Elsje did not hire an overseer, or knecht, but instead managed with the labor of her six slaves, her own children, probably unregistered Khoisan servants, and possibly the help of her neighboring brothers-in-law and nephews.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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I am not a base lanz-knecht to be paid for courtesy with piastres.
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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In some places, however, the words “knecht” and “knappe,” servant or attendant, are still in use to signify journeyman; as
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie
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But if ye choose to make the play at Lands-knecht, I will plunge at the bank to the best of my capital.
The Mississippi Bubble Emerson Hough 1890
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This knecht is an Ardüser, and the valley of Arosa lifts itself to heaven above his Langwies home.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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This knecht is an Ardüser, and the valley of Arosa lifts itself to heaven above his Langwies home.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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'You are taking knecht to mean a knight,' said Anne, 'contrary to your argument last night.
Abbeychurch Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Hymelbtrgery drey werlich knecht. flart •wilbalnui zween werlich knecht.
Subsidia diplomatica ad selecta juris Ecclesiastici Germaniae: et historiarum capita elucidanda ... 1778
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If you’re adding stops at places like Altoona and airports here and there, pretty soon you’re not talking HSR, you’re talking Amtrak regional service. knecht, there’s more going on at LGA than weight based landing fees.
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“Did I hear,” he said, “the tongue of a son of mine, or was it that of a brutish Lanz-knecht, 5 who has no pleasure but in battle or violence?
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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