knight
IPA: nˈaɪt
noun
- (historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
- (historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
- (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
- (law, historical) A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
- (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
- (literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
- (chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
- (card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
- (modern) Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma.
- An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a mounted soldier.
- A town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
verb
- (transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
- (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
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Examples of "knight" in Sentences
- "What!" cried Helen, starting, "you think this knight is the royal Bruce?"
- The imagery of the black knight is an archetype, already ingrained in our minds.
- It turns out this dark knight is a personification of the devil, who corrupts Bertram.
- A 'knight' is a Christian artifact from a Christian culture just as much as a 'Kirtle Friar' is.
- Although you may not see it in the movies every true Jedi knight is required to build their own Lightsaber.
- The queen drifted across the board and landed, covering the white knight from a distance and effectively cutting off its offensive.
- The superb disdain with which she met the project frightened these poor people, who were not mistaken in their fears that she was meditating what they called knight-errantry.
- Illinois: The race between Rep. Mark Kirk (R) and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) reminds us of that great scene in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" where the black knight is grievously wounded time and again but comes back for more.
- One Word, Fanboys, they have compiled a list containing every comic book movie even remotely considered good, batman begins, 300, vfor vendetta, x-men and The dark knight is understandable, they should by all means be in a great movies list but spider-man and superman returns, come on.
- Wallace returned a gracious reply to this speech; and turning to Bruce, said, "This knight is my friend; and though from peculiar circumstances neither of us choose to disclose our names during our journey, yet, whatever they may be, I trust you will confide in the word of one whom you have honored by the address you have now made, and believe that his friend is not unworthy the hospitalities of him who was once king of Scots."
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