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Definition of 'knight' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) knight
(in the Middle Ages)

2.  knight
a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior.

3.  knight
a man, usu. of noble birth, who after serving as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct.

4.  knight
any person of a rank similar to that of the medieval knight.

5.  knight
a man upon whom nonhereditary knighthood is conferred by a sovereign, in Great Britain ranking next below a baronet.

6.  knight
a member of any association that designates its members as knights.

7.  knight
a chess piece shaped like a horse's head, moved one square vertically and then two squares horizontally or one square horizontally and two squares vertically.

8. (v.t.) knight
to dub or make (a man) a knight.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME; OE cniht boy, manservant; c. OHG kneht)

Definition of 'knight' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) knight
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

2. (verb) knight, horse
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

3. (verb) knight, dub
raise (someone) to knighthood
"The Beatles were knighted"


Definition of 'knight' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) knight
in the past, a soldier on a horse
a knight in armor

2.  knight
a chess piece like a horse
Move your knight here.

3.  knight
in the UK, a man with the title of Sir
He was made a knight.


Definition of 'knight' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) knight
a young servant or follower; a military attendant

2. (noun) knight
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

3. (noun) knight
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

4. (noun) knight
a champion; a partisan; a lover

5. (noun) knight
a piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head

6. (noun) knight
a playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack

7. (verb) knight
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 ---


Translation of 'knight' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in earlier times, a man of noble birth who is trained to fight, especially on horseback
King Arthur and his knights.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ridder Arabic flag Arabic: فارِس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: рицар
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cavaleiro Czech flag Czech: rytíř German flag German: der Ritter
Danish flag Danish: ridder Greek flag Greek: ιππότης Spanish flag Spanish: caballero
Estonian flag Estonian: rüütel Farsi flag Farsi: سلحشور؛ شوالیه Finnish flag Finnish: ritari
French flag French: chevalier Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַבִּיר Hindi flag Hindi: योद्धा, सामन्त
Croatian flag Croatian: vitez Hungarian flag Hungarian: lovag Indonesian flag Indonesian: ksatria
Icelandic flag Icelandic: riddari Italian flag Italian: cavaliere Japanese flag Japanese: 騎士
Korean flag Korean: 중세 기사 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: riteris Latvian flag Latvian: bruņinieks
Malay flag Malay: satria Dutch flag Dutch: ridder Norwegian flag Norwegian: ridder
Polish flag Polish: rycerz Persian flag Persian: سلحشور؛ شوالیه Pashto flag Pashto: هغه څوك چى په جګړه كښى خا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cavaleiro Romanian flag Romanian: ca­valer Russian flag Russian: рыцарь
Slovak flag Slovak: rytier Slovenian flag Slovenian: vitez Serbian flag Serbian: vitez
Swedish flag Swedish: riddare Thai flag Thai: อัศวิน Turkish flag Turkish: şövalye
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 騎士 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: лицар Urdu flag Urdu: پرانے زمانے میں ایک خاندا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hiệp sỹ Chinese flag Chinese: 骑士

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