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knight

noun

1 knight

Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit.

Roget 875: nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang [Fr.], birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.].    ... show more

Dutch: ridder, paard
Polish: rycerz

2 knight

A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa).

synonym: horse.

Dutch: paard
Polish: skoczek, koń, konik

verb

1 knight

Raise (someone) to knighthood:
— The Beatles were knighted.

synonym: dub.

Dutch: tot ridder slaan, ridderen


Moby thesaurus: Bayard, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad, advance, aggrandize, bachelor, banneret, baronet, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bishop, blade, bravo, brawler ... show more.

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