knight

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A young servant or follower

   A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.

2. 2

   A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.

3. 3

   An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

   • King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
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   1. 4

      A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held…

      A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.

   2. 5

      A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

   3. 6

      A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.

   4. 7

      A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one…

      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.

   5. 8

      A playing card bearing the figure of a knight

      A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

   6. 9

      Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.

   7. 10

      Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma.

   8. 11

      A species of nymphalid butterfly, Lebadea martha, found in tropical and subtropical Asia.

   9. 12

      To confer knighthood upon.

      • The king knighted the young squire.
   10. 13

       To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

   11. 14

       An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a mounted soldier.

   12. 15

       A town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.

   13. 16

       A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

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