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Definition: Garter |
GarterNoun1. A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve). Verb1. Fasten with or as if with a garter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "garter" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | For a lover to find his lady's garter, foretells that he will lose caste with her. He will find rivals. For a woman to dream that she loses her garter, signifies that her lover will be jealous and suspicious of a handsomer person. For a married man to dream of a garter, foretells that his wife will hear of his clandestine attachments, and he will have a stormy scene. For a woman to dream that she is admiring beautiful jeweled garters on her limbs, denotes that she will be betrayed in her private movements, and her reputation will hang in the balance of public opinion. If she dreams that her lover fastens them on her, she will hold his affections and faith through all adverse criticisms. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Garter (g hard). Knights of the Garter. The popular legend is that Joan, Countess of Salisbury, accidentally slipped her garter at a court ball. It was picked up by her royal partner, Edward III., who gallantly diverted the attention of the guests from the lady by binding the blue band round his own knee, saying as he did so, "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (1348). Wearing the garters of a pretty maiden either on the hat or knee was a common custom with our forefathers. Brides usually wore on their legs a host of gay ribbons, to be distributed after the marriage ceremony amongst the bridegroom's friends; and the piper at the wedding dance never failed to tie a piece of the bride's garter round his pipe. If there is any truth in the legend given above, the impression on the guests would be wholly different to what such an accident would produce in our days; but perhaps the "Order of the Garter," after all, may be about tantamount to "The Order of the Ladies' Champions," or "The Order of the Ladies' Favourites." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle has been the home of the Most Noble Order of the Garter since King Edward III of England founded the Order in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system.In conscious imitation of King Arthur's Round Table, the Order always has twenty-four official Knights of the Garter, plus the Sovereign, and each is assigned a seat in the choir of the Chapel; each knight's coat of arms is displayed on a flag hanging over that seat. Women are now admitted to the Order, as are a few non-Christian foreign heads of state. Since 1786 there have also been extra ("supernumerary") knights, not counted in the twenty-four, to include certain ex officio personages, such as all the sons of the sovereign.
As with the other orders of chivalry, the sovereign fills vacancies in the membership by naming persons who have performed some noteworthy service for the nation. Knights may use the post nominal "K.G." after their names, while Ladies use "L.G."
The Order has various insignia:
The Order of the Garter has five officers, three of whom are clergymen of the Church of England. The office of Prelate of the Order is always held by the Bishop of Winchester, that of Chancellor by the Bishop of Oxford, and that of Register by the Dean of Windsor. The two lay officers are the Officer of Arms, the Garter Principal King of Arms, and the Usher, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
- The Garter is dark blue velvet buckled strap bearing the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks evil of it) in gold letters. It is worn by a Knights below the left knee and by Ladies on the upper left arm.
- The Collar is a gold chain, consisting of twenty-four pieces, each piece consisting of an enamelled Tudor rose surrounded by a representation of the Garter, connected by twenty-four knots of gold. It is worn around the neck.
- The George is an enamelled figure of St George slaying a dragon. It is worn suspended from the collar.
- The Lesser George is a gold badge showing St George slaying a dragon. It is worn on a ribbon placed over the left shoulder.
- The Star is a silver eight-pointed figure, with the Cross of St George, encircled by a representation of the Garter, in the centre.
- The Mantle is a dark blue velvet coat, with a white shield, surrounded by a representation of the Garter, bearing the Cross of St George, on the left shoulder.
- The Hood and Surcoat are of crimson velvet.
- The Hat is of black velvet and is plumed with white ostrich feathers.
The Original 25 Knights of the Garter (1348)
- Edward, the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (1330-1376)
- Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, Admiral of the Fleet and Steward of England (1300-1361)
- Thomas Beauchamp, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Marshal of England (1314-1369)
- Jean de Grailly, Captal de Buch (d.1377)
- Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford (1301-1372)
- William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328-1397)
- Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (1328-1360)
- Sir John de Lisle, later 1st Lord Lisle de Rougemont
- Sir Bartholmew Burghersh
- Sir John Beauchamp, later 1st Lord Beauchamp de Warwick
- John Mohun, 2nd Lord Mohun
- Sir Hugh Courtenay
- Sir Thomas Holland, afterwards 1st Earl of Kent
- Sir John Grey
- Sir Richard Fitz-Simon
- Sir Miles Stapleton
- Sir Thomas Wale
- Sir Hugh Wrottesley
- Sir Male Loryng
- Sir John Chandos
- Sir James Audley
- Sir Otho Holland
- Sir Henry Earn
- Sir Sanchet d'Abrichecourt
- Sir Walter Paveley
Later Knights of the Garter
- Knights of the Garter (1349-1699)
- Knights of the Garter (1700-1899)
- Knights of the Garter (after 1899)
- Ladies of the Garter (1358-1488)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Order of the Garter."
Synonym: GarterSynonym: supporter (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Connection | Fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim; suspenders. |
Title | Decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one,s cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Garter |
| English words defined with "garter": Black Rod, Blue ribbon ♦ first, first of all, first off, firstly, for the first time, foremost ♦ Garter king-at-arms, Gartered, Gartering, Gentleman usher of the black rod, genus Thamnophis ♦ least, Lizard snake ♦ ribbon snake ♦ Striped snake ♦ Thamnophis, Thamnophis sauritus, to the lowest degree. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "garter": Bell Savage ♦ Clarenceux King-of-Arms, Collar-day ♦ Hatton, Herald's College, Hon'i ♦ K.G, King-of-Arms, Knights of the Garter ♦ Prick the Garter ♦ Silken Thread, Stars and Garters! ♦ TACKING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'd like to take you south of my border, and north of my garter. (Lust in the Dust; writing credit: Philip John Taylor) | |
Lyrics | We come through with the money and the garter belts (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Night of the Garter (1933) Getting Gertie's Garter (1927) The Garter Girl (1920) Red Garter (1986) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Garter snake in water, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey. |  | The Eugenie garter--Manufactured by the American Garter Company / Rae Smith lith. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Latest thing in flasks. Mlle. Rhea, dainty dancer who is now in the city as part of the Keiths program inaugurates the garter flask fad in Washington. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He would have been obliged to speak to Cosette of her garter, and that was impossible for him. |
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| "Garter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.13% of the time. "Garter" is used about 131 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.13% | 122 | 29,069 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.87% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 131 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "garter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Garter | Last name | 100 | 72,700 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "garter": Chancellor of the order of the Garter ♦ common garter snake ♦ garter belt ♦ Garter fish ♦ garter snake ♦ garter stitch ♦ the garter ♦ the order of the garter. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
garter | 1,707 | garter girl | 19 |
garter belt | 998 | girdle garter | 18 |
garter snake | 736 | belt garter story | 18 |
wedding garter | 338 | garter toss | 18 |
stocking garter | 116 | satin garter belt | 17 |
bridal garter | 96 | checkered garter snake | 17 |
garter snake picture | 63 | nylons garter belt | 17 |
leg stocking garter | 62 | red garter | 17 |
nylons and garter | 61 | belt garter pic | 16 |
eastern garter snake | 52 | care garter snake | 16 |
garter belt and stocking | 50 | garter man | 16 |
garter remove | 39 | garter pantie | 15 |
common garter snake | 31 | belt garter in woman | 15 |
b b garter shake | 30 | garter gorgeous in | 14 |
bride garter | 26 | sexy garter | 14 |
garter order | 25 | garter heel | 13 |
prom garter | 20 | garter belt photo | 13 |
sock garter | 20 | garter photo snake | 13 |
leg garter | 19 | bra garter lingerie stocking thong | 12 |
shirt garter | 19 | garter toss song | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "garter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vë llastik çorapesh, llastik çorapesh (suspender). (various references) | |
Arabic | وسام (decoration, distinction, insignia), أفعى أميركية غير سامة, ربطة الساق, رباط للجورب (supporter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | закачам с жартиера, жартиера (suspender). (various references) | |
Chinese | 襪帶 . (various references) | |
Czech | podvazkový řád, podvazek. (various references) | |
Danish | stroempebaand. (various references) | |
Dutch | kouseband. (various references) | |
Farsi | کش زدن(بپایابه جوراب), کش جوراب , بندزدن (Joggle, Leash, Tinker), بندجوراب (Gallus, Suspender). (various references) | |
Finnish | sukkanauha (suspender). (various references) | |
French | jarretière. (various references) | |
German | strumpfband. (various references) | |
Greek | κν.ζαρτιέρα, καλτσοδέτα γυναικών, καλτσοδέτα (suspender), στηλίζω με καλτσοδέτα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | בירית (clip, hoop, kneeband). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zoknitartó (sock suspender), harisnyakötő (sock suspender). (various references) | |
Italian | giarrettiera (suspender). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | カ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "ku", gargoyle, gauze, girth control). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ガーター . (various references) | |
Korean | 양말데님. (various references) | |
Manx | gliooneen, cribbyl. (various references) | |
Norwegian | strømpebånd, sokkeholder. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | artergay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | liga (bind, bond, coalition, combine, fusion, league, tie, union). (various references) | |
Romanian | jartierã (suspender). (various references) | |
Russian | орден подвязки (the garter), надеть подвязку, подвязка (suspender). (various references) | |
Scottish | gartan (a garter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | staviti podvezicu, podvezica. (various references) | |
Spanish | liga (alloy, birdlime, league, lime, pickup, suspender, table). (various references) | |
Swedish | strumpeband (suspender). (various references) | |
Turkish | jartiyer (suspender belt, suspenders), diz bağı takmak, diz bağı nişanı (the order of the garter), diz bağı, çorap bağı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | надіти підв'язку, підв'язка (suspender). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | huy hiệu cấp tước Ga-tơ. (various references) | |
Welsh | gardas. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | periscelidas, periscelides. (various references) |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | gartier. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ei apo spartiou ewV sfairwthroV upodhmatoV lhmyomai apo pantwn twn swn ina mh eiphV oti egw eploutisa ton abram |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quod a filo subteminis usque ad corrigiam caligae non accipiam ex omnibus quae tua sunt ne dicas ego ditavi Abram |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þæt ic ne underfo furðon ænne ðwang of eallum þisum ðingum ðe þine ær wæron, ðæt þu ne secge eft: Ic gewelgode Abram. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That fro a threed of the weeft vnto a garter of an hoos I shal not take of alle thingis that ben thin, lest thow seye, I haue maad Abram ryche; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | That I will not take of all yt is thyne so moch as a thred or a shoulacher lest thou shuldest saye I haue made Abra ryche. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram: |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Nga ako dili mokuha bisan sa usa ka lugas nga hilo ni sa higot sa usa ka sapin ni sa tanan nga mga imo, aron ikaw dili makaingon: Ako ang nagpadato kang Abram: |
| Croatian | da neæu uzeti ni konèiæa, ni remena od obuæe, niti išta što je tvoje da ne kažeš: na meni se Abram obogatio. |
| Danish | at jeg ikke vil tage så meget som en Tråd eller en Sandalrem eller overhovedet noget som helst af din Ejendom; du skal ikke sige, at du har gjort Abram rig! |
| Dutch | Zo ik van een draad aan tot een schoenriem toe, ja, zo ik van alles, dat het uwe is, iets neme! opdat gij niet zegt: Ik heb Abram rijk gemaakt! |
| Finnish | En totisesti ota, en langan päätä, en kengän paulaa enkä mitään muuta, mikä on sinun, ettet sanoisi: `Minä olen tehnyt Abramin rikkaaksi`. |
| French | je ne prendrai rien de tout ce qui est toi, pas même un fil, ni un cordon de soulier, afin que tu ne dises pas: J`ai enrichi Abram. Rien pour moi! |
| German | daß ich von allem, was dein ist, nicht einen Faden noch einen Schuhriemen nehmen will, daß du nicht sagst, du hast Abram reich gemacht; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | bahwa saya tak akan mengambil apa-apa dari milikmu, bahkan sehelai benang atau sepotong tali sandal pun tidak. Dengan begitu engkau tidak akan dapat berkata, 'Sayalah yang membuat Abram menjadi kaya.' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | bahwa sekali-kali tiada aku mau mengambil barang sesuatu yang milikmu, jikalau selembar benang atau tali kasut sekalipun, supaya jangan kelak katamu: Aku telah mengayakan Abram. |
| Maori | E kore ahau e tango ahakoa he miro, ahakoa he here no te hu, i tetahi mea ranei au, kei mea koe, naku a Aperama i whai taonga ai: |
| Norwegian | Jeg vil ikke ta så meget som en tråd eller en skorem av alt som ditt er, forat du ikke skal si: Jeg har gjort Abram rik. |
| Portuguese | jurando que não tomarei coisa alguma de tudo o que é teu, nem um fio, nem uma correia de sapato, para que não digas: Eu enriqueci a Abrão; |
| Rumanian | wi jur cq nu voi lua nimic din tot ce este al tqu, nici mqcar un fir de ayq, nici mqcar o curea de kncqlyqminte, ca sq un zici: ,Am kmbogqyit pe Avram.` Nimic pentru mine! |
| Russian | ЮФП "БЦЕ ОЙФЛЙ Й ТЕНОС ПФ П'ХЧЙ ОЕ ЧПЪШНХ ЙЪ ЧУЕЗП ФЧПЕЗП, ЮФП'Щ ФЩ ОЕ УЛБЪБМ: С П'ПЗБФЙМ бЧТБНБ; |
| Spanish | que no tomaré ni un hilo, ni la correa de un calzado, nada de todo lo que es tuyo, para que no digas después: "Yo enriquecí a Abram." |
| Swedish | att jag icke vill taga ens en tråd eller en skorem, än mindre något annat som tillhör dig. Du skall icke kunna säga: 'Jag har riktat Abram.' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "garter": gartered, gartering, garters. (additional references) | |
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"Garter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arrter, arter, gaarder, gadter, gafter, gamter, ganter, Gantzer, Gardar, garder, garett, Garoeb, Garoteo, garper, gart, gartar, garte, garted, garten, Garther, gartier, gartner, Gartrell, gartter, Garver, gater, gatter, gatur, gauter, gearer, Gerster, Gerter, Gibtner, gifter, girta, girte, Gorter, Gortree, grata, grather, gratir, Grattet, Gratzer, grte, Gualter, guater, Igartua, Larter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "garter" (pronounced gÄ"rter) |
| 4 | -Ä" r t er | barter, Carter, charter, darter, martyr, nonstarter, Sartor, smarter, starter, tartar, Tarter. |
| 3 | -r t er | Courter, exporter, headquarter, hindquarter, importer, mortar, porter, quarter, reporter, shorter, sorter, supporter, transporter. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: garret, grater. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: grate, great, rater, retag, targe, tarre, terga, terra. | |
-2 letters: ager, gate, gear, geta, grat, rage, rare, rate, rear, tare, tear. | |
-3 letters: age, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, erg, err, eta, gae, gar, gat, get, rag, rat, reg, ret, tae, tag, tar, tea, teg. | |
-4 letters: ae, ag, ar, at, er, et, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: garrets, garrote, garters, grafter, granter, graters, greater, regraft, regrant, regrate. | |
+2 letters: arrogate, dragster, garotter, garroted, garroter, garrotes, garrotte, gartered, gatherer, grafters, granters, irrigate, regather, regrafts, regrants, regrated, regrates, retarget, stranger. | |
+3 letters: arbitrage, arresting, arrogated, arrogates, bartering, cartridge, corrugate, cratering, dragsters, estranger, forgather, garniture, garotters, garroters, garrotted, garrottes, gartering, gatherers, generator, geriatric, irrigated, irrigates, margarite, mortgager, partridge, porterage, prorogate, recrating, regardant, regathers, registrar, regrafted, regranted, regrating, regulator, reportage, retarding, retargets, retearing, retracing, serrating, staggerer, stargazer, straggler, strangers, strangler, surrogate, terracing. | |
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