Knight
[naɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa).
(noun.) originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit.
(verb.) raise (someone) to knighthood; 'The Beatles were knighted'.
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Definition
(n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
(n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
(n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.
(n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.
(n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
(n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
(v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cavalier, chevalier, horseman, horse-soldier, equestrian.
Checker: Lucille
Definition
n. one of gentle birth and bred to arms admitted in feudal times to a certain honourable military rank: (Shak.) an attendant: a champion: the rank with the title 'Sir ' next below baronets: a piece used in the game of chess.—v.t. to create a knight.—ns. Knight′age the collective body of knights; Knight′-bach′elor one who has been knighted merely not made a member of any titular order; Knight′-bann′eret a knight who carried a banner and who was superior in rank to the knight-bachelor; Knight′-err′ant a knight who travelled in search of adventures; Knight′-err′antry; Knight′hood the character or privilege of a knight: the order or fraternity of knights; Knight′hood-err′ant (Tenn.) the body of knights-errant.—adj. Knight′less (Spens.) unbecoming a knight.—n. Knight′liness the bearing or duties of a knight.—adj. and adv. Knight′ly.—ns. Knight′-mar′shal formerly an officer of the royal household; Knight′-serv′ice tenure by a knight on condition of military service.—Knight of industry a footpad thief or sharper; Knight of the carpet a civil knight as opposed to a military so called because created kneeling on a carpet not the field; Knight of the pestle an apothecary; Knight of the post one familiar with the whipping-post or pillory; Knight of the road a highwayman; Knight of the shire a member of parliament for a county; Knight's fee the amount of land with which a knight was invested on his creation; Knights of Labour in the United States a national labour organisation; Knights of Malta (see Hospitaller); Knights of St Crispin shoemakers; Knights of the rainbow flunkeys from their liveries; Knights of the shears tailors; Knights of the spigot tapsters publicans; Knights of the stick compositors; Knights of the whip coachmen; Knights Templars (see Templar).
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Examples
- Hear me, Rebecca--Never did knight take lance in his hand with a heart more devoted to the lady of his love than Brian de Bois-Guilbert. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I know little of the Knight of Ivanhoe, answered the Palmer, with a troubled voice. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Good fruit, Sir Knight, said the yeoman, will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They should drink of the same cup, answered the Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Thou art next, thou knowest, to act the Knight Deliverer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Seize him and strip him, slaves, said the knight, and let the fathers of his race assist him if they can. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Gramercy for the gift, bold yeoman, said the Knight; and better help than thine and thy rangers would I never seek, were it at my utmost need. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Both Knights broke their lances fairly, but Front-de-Boeuf, who lost a stirrup in the encounter, was adjudged to have the disadvantage. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- During the Middle Ages he piled on more and more, until at last one of the knights could hardly walk, and it took a strong horse to carry him. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The trumpets sounded, and the knights charged each other in full career. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is a name of heroism and renown; of kings, princes, and knights; and seems to breathe the spirit of chivalry and warm affections. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The knights and spectators are alike impatient, the time advances, and highly fit it is that the sports should commence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They were sent up by the minor gentry, freeholders and village elders of their districts as early as 1254, two knights from each shire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Emperor Maximilian I is still called the last of the knights; by German historians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was knighted in the spring of 1812, and was married to a handsome, intellectual, and wealthy lady. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Then, in 1812, when he was thirty-three, he was knighted by the Prince Regent. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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