chivalry
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He picks me up from Los Angeles International Airport — an act of chivalry that deserves knighthood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The Psychology of Women Quarterly study shows just how much the notion of chivalry is actually a myth.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
The “age of chivalry is gone,” Edmund Burke lamented after the guillotining of Marie Antoinette of France on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
With more vigour than chivalry, M. Bouc deposited the fainting lady with her head on the table.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The Magician's Nephew
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