ALL meanings of knight
knight
K k - noun knight Eric, 1897–1943, U.S. novelist, born in England. 1
- noun knight Frank Hyneman [hahy-nuh-muh n] /ˈhaɪ nə mən/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. economist. 1
- verb with object knight to dub or make (a man) a knight. 1
- noun knight medieval soldier 1
- noun knight title 1
- noun knight chess piece 1
- transitive verb knight make a knight 1
- noun knight roman horseman 1
- noun knight Invest (someone) with the title of knight. 1
- countable noun knight In chess, a knight is a piece which is shaped like a horse's head. 0
- noun knight (originally) a person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier 0
- noun knight (later) a gentleman invested by a king or other lord with the military and social standing of this rank 0
- noun knight (in modern times) a person invested by a sovereign with a nonhereditary rank and dignity usually in recognition of personal services, achievements, etc. A British knight bears the title Sir placed before his name, as in Sir Winston Churchill 0
- noun knight a chess piece, usually shaped like a horse's head, that moves either two squares horizontally and one square vertically or one square horizontally and two squares vertically 0
- noun knight a heroic champion of a lady or of a cause or principle 0
- noun knight a member of the Roman class of the equites 0
- verb knight to make (a person) a knight; dub 0
- noun knight Dame Laura. 1887–1970, British painter, noted for her paintings of Gypsies, the ballet, and the circus 0
- noun knight in the Middle Ages, 0
- noun knight a military servant of a king or other feudal superior; tenant holding land on condition that he serve his superior as a mounted man-at-arms 0
- noun knight later, a man, usually one of high birth, who after serving as page and squire was formally raised to special military rank and pledged to chivalrous conduct 0
- noun knight in Great Britain, a man who for some achievement is given honorary nonhereditary rank next below a baronet, entitling him to use Sir before his given name 0
- noun knight an ancient Roman, Athenian, etc. whose status is regarded as equivalent to that of a knight 0
- noun knight a member of any order or society that officially calls its members knights 0
- noun knight a lady's devoted champion or attendant 0
- noun knight a devoted follower of some cause, person, etc. 0
- noun knight a piece usually shaped like a horse's head: it is moved one square, whether occupied or unoccupied, in any vertical or horizontal direction, and then one square farther diagonally 0
- verb transitive knight to make (a man) a knight 0
- noun knight A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages. 0
- noun knight A young servant or follower; a military attendant. 0
- noun knight Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch. 0
- noun knight (chess) 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. 0
- noun knight (card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. 0
- verb knight (Transitive Verb) To confer knighthood upon. 0
- verb knight (Transitive Verb) (chess) To promote (a pawn) to a knight. 0
- countable noun knight In medieval times, a knight was a man of noble birth, who served his king or lord in battle. 0
- verb knight If someone is knighted, they are given a knighthood. 0
- countable noun knight A knight is a man who has been knighted. 0