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pardoner

/ˈpɑːdnə(r)/noun

उच्चारण पार्ड्नर

(मध्ययुग में) पाप-मुक्ति पत्र बेचने वाला व्यक्ति

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    (in the Middle Ages) a person who was given authority by the Church to sell pardons for sins

    (मध्ययुग में) पाप-मुक्ति पत्र बेचने वाला व्यक्ति

    • The Pardoner's Tale is one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
  2. 2

    [C]

    a person who pardons or forgives somebody

    क्षमा करने वाला, क्षमाकर्ता

    • He was a generous pardoner of other people's mistakes.
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General knowledge

The Pardoner's Tale is part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry.

The Pardoner's Tale अंग्रेज़ी कविता के जनक Geoffrey Chaucer की The Canterbury Tales का एक भाग है।