KNIGHT
\nˈa͡ɪt], \nˈaɪt], \n_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of KNIGHT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
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raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"
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originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
By Princeton University
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a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
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raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"
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originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
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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.
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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.
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A champion; a partisan; a lover.
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A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
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A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
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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 --.
By Oddity Software
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A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
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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.
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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.
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A champion; a partisan; a lover.
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A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
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A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
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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 --.
By Noah Webster.
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One who holds rank next below a baronet, giving him the title Sir; in the Middle Ages, one of high birth, who, after serving as an esquire, was admitted to military rank; a champion; lover; one of the pieces in chess.
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To confer the honor of knighthood upon.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A man-at-arms: champion: one admitted in feudal times to a certain military rank: the rank of gentlemen next below baronets: a piece used in the game of chess.
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To create a knight.
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KNIGHTLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To confer knighthood upon.
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Anciently, a gentleman trained to arms; hence, a champion.
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The holder of a title next below that of baronet.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A title of rank next below that of a baronet, with the privilege of prefixing to the Christian name Sir, as "Sir John," "Sir James;" anciently, a young man admitted to the privilege of bearing arms, or to military rank.
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To dub or create a knight, which is done by the sovereign, or the high officer acting in her name, giving the person to be knighted, who kneels at the ceremony, a touch with a sword, while the words are uttered, "Rise, Sir James," or " Sir John," as the person's name may be.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A young man admitted to the privilege of bearing arms;— one admitted, in feudal times, to a certain, military rank, with appropriate Ceremonies;— one on whom knighthood is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir;— a piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse’s head.
