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knighthood

noun

Etymology

From Middle English knyghthode, knyȝthod, from Old English cnihthād, from Proto-West Germanic *knehtahaidu, equivalent to knight + -hood. Cognate with Dutch knechtheid, dialectal German Knechtheit.

  1. inherited from *knehtahaidu✻
  2. inherited from cnihthād
  3. inherited from knyghthode

Definitions

  1. An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is entitled to be called…

    An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is entitled to be called Sir.

    • the knighthood of Sir [So-and-So]
    • He's got an OBE and MBE, and his recent work should entitle him to a knighthood.
    • They rushed to congratulate Sir John Smith on his knighthood.

  2. The quality of being a knight.

  3. The knights collectively, the body of knights.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA