Usually means: Specially trained horse for riding.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word palfrey:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. palfrey: Merriam-Webster
  2. palfrey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palfrey: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. palfrey: Collins English Dictionary
  5. palfrey: Vocabulary.com
  6. Palfrey, palfrey: Wordnik
  7. Palfrey, palfrey: Wiktionary
  8. palfrey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. palfrey: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Palfrey, palfrey: Dictionary.com
  11. palfrey: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Palfrey (disambiguation), Palfrey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Palfrey: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. palfrey: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. palfrey: Rhymezone
  16. Palfrey: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. palfrey: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. palfrey: FreeDictionary.org
  19. palfrey: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. palfrey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. palfrey: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  2. palfrey: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palfrey: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Palfrey)

noun:  (historical) A small horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women for riding (contrasted with a warhorse).
noun:  A surname from Middle English.

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