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  1. knight in shining armornoun

    A person who will rescue a dangerous situation; a hero.

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  1. knight in shining armor

    A knight-errant (or knight errant) is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. The adjective errant (meaning "wandering, roving") indicates how the knight-errant would wander the land in search of adventures to prove his chivalric virtues, either in knightly duels (pas d'armes) or in some other pursuit of courtly love.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of knight in shining armor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of knight in shining armor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of knight in shining armor in a Sentence

  1. Erik Gordon:

    Existing shareholders are not taking $400 million worth of dilution. It’s like a standby commitment on the part of YA to buy stock when Lordstown says it needs more money, i was surprised. It’s more like the knight in shining armor than the vulture at the carcass.

  2. Denise Mattison:

    He was my knight in shining armor.

  3. Ingrid Weir:

    As a kid, I dreamed of a knight in shining armor coming to rescue me. Now, I just dream of equal pay for equal work.


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  • Rytíř v zářící zbrojiCzech
  • ridder i skinnende rustningDanish
  • Retter in der NotGerman
  • Ιππότης σε λαμπερή πανοπλίαGreek
  • Caballero de brillante armaduraSpanish
  • شوالیه در زره درخشانPersian
  • chevalier en armure étincelanteFrench
  • cavaliere in armatura brillanteItalian
  • אביר בשריון נוצץHebrew
  • 正義の味方Japanese
  • 빛나는 갑옷 기사Korean
  • eques loricaLatin
  • ridder i skinnende rustningNorwegian
  • Cavaleiro em uma armadura brilhantePortuguese
  • рыцарь в блестящих доспехахRussian
  • riddare i skinande rustningSwedish
  • பிரகாசிக்கும் கவசத்தில் நைட்Tamil
  • parlayan zırhlı şovalyeTurkish
  • چمکتا کوچ میں نائٹUrdu
  • hiệp sĩ trong bộ áo giáp sáng ngờiVietnamese
  • 騎士在閃亮的盔甲Chinese

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    (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
    A bonzer
    B currish
    C askant
    D flabby

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