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knight
1[ nahyt ]
noun
- a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
- (in Europe in the Middle Ages) a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct.
- any person of a rank similar to that of the medieval knight.
- a man upon whom the nonhereditary dignity of knighthood is conferred by a sovereign because of personal merit or for services rendered to the country. In Great Britain he holds the rank next below that of a baronet, and the title Sir is prefixed to the Christian name, as in Sir John Smith.
- a member of any order or association that designates its members as knights.
- Chess. a piece shaped like a horse's head, moved one square vertically and then two squares horizontally or one square horizontally and two squares vertically.
- Nautical.
- a short vertical timber having on its head a sheave through which running rigging is rove.
- any other fitting or erection bearing such a sheave.
verb (used with object)
- to dub or make (a man) a knight.
Knight
2[ nahyt ]
noun
- Eric, 1897–1943, U.S. novelist, born in England.
- Frank Hy·ne·man [hahy, -n, uh, -m, uh, n], 1885–1972, U.S. economist.
knight
1/ Բɪ /
noun
- in medieval Europe
- (originally) a person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier
- (later) a gentleman invested by a king or other lord with the military and social standing of this rank
- (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
- 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
- a heroic champion of a lady or of a cause or principle
- a member of the Roman class of the equites
verb
- tr to make (a person) a knight; dub
Knight
2/ Բɪ /
noun
- KnightLaura18871970FBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Dame Laura. 1887–1970, British painter, noted for her paintings of Gypsies, the ballet, and the circus
knight
Notes
Other yvlog Forms
- Ծl adjective
- ܲ·ԾĻ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of knight1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of knight1
Example Sentences
Named after a 1970s film about a 12th Century knight, could he put his rivals to the sword here?
He followed that by playing a disgraced knight in Ron Howard’s 1987 fantasy “Willow.”
Sir Gareth has been credited with revitalising the England team and was knighted in the King's New Year Honours in December.
The marriage of “Carmina” and cinema arguably started in 1981 with the film “Excalibur,” which indelibly used the opening movement “O Fortuna” as King Arthur rides into battle with his knights.
There are many scenes in which Ritchson’s wandering knight succinctly spells out to some lunkhead he’s just broken how he broke them – that is, if they don’t die outright.
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