Gaunt
(g hard). John of Gaunt. The third son of Edward
III.; so called from Ghent, in Flanders, the place of his birth.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Gaunt from Fact Monster:
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