Knightless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnʌɪtləs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Knightless is an adjective meaning (not comparable) Without a knight.
Meaning
(not comparable) Without a knight.
More Meanings
- (rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
Example Sentences
Whereof thou […] all knights hast shamed with this knightlesse part.
shining the heroics of a latterday Don Quixote upon a knightless age
Janowski vs. Jaffe Match, New York, 1917 / Classical Tartakower / Knightless middlegame, queenside strategy
This night, when the Lady Joan sternly bade her knight attend the knightless damsels to their home, Ioris obeyed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include maidenless, squireless, kindless, unvalorous, unlorded, clerkless.
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