Knight
21Knight — Der Ritterschlag, Edmund Blair Leighton, Öl auf Leinwand, 1901 Knight (engl. für Ritter) ist der niedrigste Rang innerhalb des Adels in Großbritannien, der aus dem mittelalterlichen Heerwesen hervorgegangen ist. Das Wort ist etymologisch verwandt …
22Knight — /nuyt/, n. 1. Eric, 1897 1943, U.S. novelist, born in England. 2. Frank Hyneman /huy neuh meuhn/, 1885 1972, U.S. economist. * * * I French chevalier German Ritter In the European Middle Ages, a formally professed cavalryman, generally a vassal… …
23knight — n. & v. n. 1 a man awarded a non hereditary title (Sir) by a sovereign in recognition of merit or service. 2 hist. a a man, usu. noble, raised esp. by a sovereign to honourable military rank after service as a page and squire. b a military… …
24Knight — La palabra knight puede referirse a: En inglés: Caballero. Knight significa caballero en inglés. Caballo, pieza de ajedrez. Knight es la manera en que se denomina esta pieza en inglés. Ficción Knight Rider, serie de televisión estadounidense de… …
25Knight — I Knight [naɪt; englisch, von altenglisch cniht »Knecht«, »Knappe«] der, s/ s, ein vom britischen Souverän (durch »Ritterschlag«) für eine Reihe von Verdiensten um Krone und Vaterland verliehener, nichterblicher Adelstitel; ursprüngliche… …
26knight — {{11}}knight (n.) O.E. cniht boy, youth; servant, attendant, common West Germanic (Cf. O.Fris. kniucht, Du. knecht, M.H.G. kneht boy, youth, lad, Ger. Knecht servant, bondman, vassal ), of unknown origin. The plural in M.E. sometimes was knighten …
27Knight — This is the English term and is derived from the Anglo saxon for Cniht which means servant or household retainer. This was in the early centuries of knights. In later centuries, after the 12th, the term knight became more associated with chivalry …
28knight — I UK [naɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms knight : singular knight plural knights 1) a) in the past, a European soldier from a high social class who wore a suit of armour (= a metal suit) and rode a horse b) a man in the UK who has been given… …
29Knight — This is a medieval status name from the Olde English pre 7th Century criht , meaning boy, youth or serving lad, later extended to mean a tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier and therefore a man of some importance and substance.… …
30knight — Synonyms and related words: Bayard, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad, advance, aggrandize, bachelor, banneret, baronet, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bishop, blade, bravo, brawler, broncobuster, buckaroo …
