Knight

Quick meaning: Knight is a noun meaning (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

Meaning

(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

More Meanings

1. (law, historical) A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
2. (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
3. (literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
4. (card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
5. (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.
6. (historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
7. (historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.

Example Sentences

The king knighted the young squire.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

There are two tombs, each bearing effigies of a knight and his lady. One is 14th century, the other 15th century. The earlier knight wears chain mail and his lady has long, flowing hair. The later knight has plate armour, and his wife wears a wimple.

The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal. […] There are two knights, on the squares g1 and e1, and one of them moves to the square f3: either Ngf3 or Nef3, as the case may be.

Word Forms

• knights
• knighting
• knighted

Synonyms for knight

Depending on context, synonyms include horse, dub, beknight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dub, horse, gentleman, chevalier, rider, escort.

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