knob

, or knobbe.

An officer; perhaps from the Scotch term knabbie, the lower class of gentry.

← knobbe × knocker →

Knob
·noun ·see <<Knop>>. II. Knob ·noun A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. III. Knob ·vi ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
knob
The head. See nob. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
knob
In Kentucky, round hills or knolls are called knobs. Approaching Galena, the country becomes still ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.